European Society of Athletic Therapy and Training

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21 November 2009 * Bologna, Italy

      9 am Welcome:
         Marco Manca, MD, PhD
         Faculty of Health and Sciences
         University of Maastricht, Netherlands
         ESATT Launch

      9: 10: Dexter Nelson, CAT(C), Canadian Athletic Therapist’s Association:
      Board of Certification, Chair, Task Force on Global Practice
      Credentialing of Athletic Therapists and Trainers

      9: 20: Master’s Degree Development

      Spain
         Daniel Sanchis Jimenez, Physiotherapist, Barcelona

      9:45 Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland: Athletic Therapy and Training
         Noel McCaffrey, MD
         Education Director
         Athletic Therapy and Training Course

      10:05: St. Mary’s University College, London, MSc, Sports Rehabilitator
   Lesley Haig MSc MCSP
   Academic Director,
   School of Human Sciences,
   St. Mary's University College,
   Twickenham, England

10:30 Comparisons: The Data
   Gene Elizabeth Verel, MA. ATC
   International Clincial Placment Coordiantor
   Dublin City University

10:50    Coffee Break
   
      



         

         11: 15 Program/Curriculum Designs Comparisons
         Antonio Paoli, MD PhD, University of Padua
         
         Steven J. Aspinall, Presenter
         Clinic Director & Lecturer in Sport Rehabilitation
         School of Health Care Professions
         Salford University,
         Manchester, England

      11:45 Roundtable Discussion
         Moderator: Gene Elizabeth Verel

         Dani Sanchis Jimenez, Barcelona, Spain
         Lieven Maesschalck, PT, Move to Cure; Lebbeke and Antwerp, Belgium
         Alice Mooney, MT, University of Worcester, England
         Alberto Passi MD PhD, University of Insubria, Italy
         Jennifer Wallace, Carlow Institute of Technology, Ireland

      12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

      13:30 Collaborative Direction

         Marco Manca, MD. PhD
         Faculty of Health and Sciences
         University of Maastricht
         Netherlands

         Dr Andriy Cherkas
         Department of Internal Medicine #1, National Medical University of Lviv (Lvov)
          Ukraine

      14:30 Research Speakers
      Steven Aspinall, Chair

      Current Trends in the Assessment of Concussion.
      Michael S. Ferrara, PhD, ATC
      Director, Athletic Trainig Education Program
      The University of Georgia, USA
      2010 Fulbright Scholar
      Dublin City University

      Spine Injury and Management: Lessons Learned From Spine Injury Prevention Research  
      Mary Beth Hordoski, EdD, ATC
      Program Director and Associate Professor,
      Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
      University of Florida, USA
      
       15:30 -15:50 Break
       16:00 Strategies/Direction
In the USA, Canada, Japan and Taiwan, this (Athletic Training and Therapy) exists as a separate profession, and deals with sports injuries and rehabilitation, mostly musculoskeletal.