NMU’s School of Health and Human Performance (SHHP) hosted a conference on July 19th for Local and Regional Certified Athletic Trainers. As a continuing education event, the conference featured several local clinicians and educators who presented on a variety of topics, including concussions, treatment of hip pain, oral airways, and several others.
Aho and Lowery specifically discussed the science and process of treating patients with chronic pain. This is such a timely and valuable offering from NMU’s SHHP. Athletic Trainers are now required to take continuing education courses on pain management to maintain their licensure in the state of Michigan. They are also required to fulfill education requirements on recognizing and reporting signs of human trafficking. Continuing education requirements for Athletic Trainers in the state of Michigan can be found here.
Lowery said of the event: “This was such a great opportunity and and well-organized event. What a privilege it is to share our knowledge with our peers. The fact that local and regional Athletic Trainers can complete their annual licensure requirements right here in Marquette is such a great thing. It’s the best time of year to be in Marquette, so we found that there were a lot of alumni that came to town to spend the weekend enjoying the area and remembering the fondness of their experience at NMU.”
He also reports that his most valuable information he learned was a course taught on mass casualty response. “We were able to learn quite a bit on how to provide care in mass casualty situations. It’s the simple techniques that we learned that could very likely save someone’s life in a worst-case scenario.”
For more information on NMU’s Athletic Training Education Program, click here.