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Dear Members: I hope this newsletter finds you and your family in good
health and high spirits. I am happy
to present this Fall 2003 Newsletter to you.
Many exciting things are happening in the CATA. Please read this edition
and update yourselves. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please
feel free to contact myself or any CATA Board of Directors (BOD) member. In our Summer 2003 Special Edition Newsletter we announced
various openings in the CATA. I was
very happy to see that some members were interested in serving the CATA.
Please read the article Appointments
to CATA for a complete listing of the members who have been appointed
by the BOD. We will be a stronger organization with their efforts and I would
like to thank them for their commitment. March 25-28, 2004 at the Omni Interlocken Hotel
in Broomfield the CATA will host the 20th Annual Rocky Mountain
Athletic Trainers Association (RMATA) Symposium. Please plan to attend, it looks to be a great seminar.
You will soon be receiving registration and symposium information in the
mail. As hosts of the RMATA 2004 the CATA is responsible for
various items of the seminar (stuffing notebooks, registration table,
introducing speakers, etc). We
would like to develop a “volunteer list” of members who would be willing to
donate some time to help out. Please
contact any CATA BOD member to volunteer. Colorado
is the largest state in the RMATA and it is our turn to shine.
Please consider volunteering. I hope you have a great holiday season. Sincerely, Chris Mathewson CATA President With the new requirements to become a certified athletic trainer, and to increase the pull of potential applicants the CATA BOD has decided to make a few changes to the scholarship requirements this year. The scholarships will be awarded to a Colorado high school graduate who is attending/ accepted into ANY approved athletic training curriculum program. Please visit the web site for qualifications and application. Deadline is April 1, 2004. The following people have been appointed by the CATA board to serve in various capacities:
The CATA is a strong organization made up of many willing volunteers. The above 5 people are committed to the CATA and all happily agreed to donate their time and efforts. We thank them.
CATA
Outstanding Promotion of Athletic Training Month 2004 Award This award (plaque and $50 gift certificate to Denver Broker Restaurant) will be given to the individual or program that demonstrates an outstanding effort in promoting athletic training as a profession during athletic training month (March 2004). The award will be selected by peer nomination forms available through the web site. The board will review each nomination and pick a winner to be recognized at the state meeting. Don’t forget that March is Athletic Training month CATA to offer CPR/AED Training The 20th Annual RMATA Clinical Symposium will be
held at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, CO. on March 26-28, 2004.
The CATA annual business meeting will be held in conjunction with the
RMATA meeting. We will not host an annual clinical symposium in May. The CATA is committed to providing educational
opportunities to our members, as a result we will be presenting a CPR/AED
Training Course. The course will meet the new NATABOC continuing educational
requirements. The course is tentatively scheduled for Saturday April 24, 2004 9 am to 1 pm, at Ponderosa High School in Parker. Cost will be around $40. Please watch your mailbox or the website for further information and registration details. If you have any questions please feel free to contact any CATA board member. Excellence in High School Athletic Training Award Denver Nuggets, Head Athletic Trainer Jim Gillen and the
Head Athletic Trainer of the Colorado Avalanche Pat Karns have established an
award to recognize outstanding high school athletic training programs in
Colorado. Two prep athletic training programs will be awarded $1,000
in March during a Nuggets and Avalanche game.
The winning trainers will shadow trainers at a Nuggets or Avalanche game. Nomination forms are available online at www.nuggets.com
, www.coloradoavalanche.com and
must be received by December 31, 2003. The CATA BOD would like to thank Jim Gillen for his hard work on this award. January 2004 in New Orleans, LA. Participants will earn For more information: http://www.csuchico.edu/%7Esbarker/CEC/weekend.html Steadman Hawkins Denver Clinic Throwing Shoulder Symposium February 2004 Dear Certified Athletic Trainer, We are the physicians and certified athletic trainers of the Steadman Hawkins Denver Clinic. For the past four seasons we have been the team physicians and assistant trainers for the Colorado Rockies major and minor league teams. Through this relationship, and our own orthopedic sports medicine practices, we have developed a particular interest in injuries which occur to the throwing athlete. Simply making correct diagnoses for these complex throwing injuries can be challenging, not to mention the ever evolving treatment (operative vs. nonoperative) and rehab protocols. By working through these injuries together, we (the physicians and trainers) are constantly educating each other and hopefully creating the best possible outcome for our athletes. This beneficial relationship has provided the impetus to host a conference on throwing injuries. Our aim is to create an educational seminar about the unique shoulder and elbow injuries which occur to throwing athletes. We’ll share with you what we’ve learned and hope to continue our education through hearing about your valuable experiences as an ATC on the front line. The seminar will be Saturday, February 7, from 8 am to 1pm
at Amerisuites-Denver Tech Center. It
will carry 5 CEU’s and there is NO FEE.
The tentative schedule is as follows: 8 – 10 am Shoulder (labrum and cuff tears, instability, internal impingement) 10 -10:15 Break 10:30 –12:30 Elbow (valgus overload – MCL tear, flexor-pronator strain, ulnar nerve, posterior-medial impingement, bone spurs and cartilage defects) 12:30 –1:00 Miscellaneous Didactic talks of about 15 minutes will be followed by an open forum discussion. Please RSVP to Kate or Clay by 1/16/2004 at 303-694-3333 or email khumphreys@shcdenver.com We look forward to meeting you all and a great meeting! Sincerely, Tom Noonan, MD Doug Wyland, MD Martin Boublik, MD Mike Allen, PT, ATC Ted Schlegel, MD Scott Gehret, PT, ATC RMATA Annual Symposium March 2004 20th Annual RMATA Clinical Symposium: Considerations of the Athletic Hip and Pelvis March 26 – 28, 2004, Broomfield Colorado Friday, March 26 (8.5 CEU’s)
Saturday, March 27 (6 hours)
Sunday, March 28 (3.5 CEU’s)
4 hour leadership breakout
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