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| The 2012 KATS Award nominations and Scholarships are due to Bill Welsh by May 15, 2012. The information about the awards given out each year are located on the AWARDS PAGE of this site. Please nominate someone you feel deserving of these awards and e-mail to wwelsh@unionky.edu. KATS also gives out two scholarships each year, a $500 Undergraduate and a $500 Graduate scholarship, all the information needed and the application is also available on the AWARDS PAGE. |
| The Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society Annual Symposium and Business Meeting will be held June 1-2, 2012 at Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Pre-Registration is now open. KATS 2012 will feature a variety of topics. Our Friday night Feature Speaker Dr. Peter Chomentowski will discuss Bioenergetics. Dr. Chomentowski graduated from University of Pittsburgh and currently teaches at EKU. Saturday's Keynote Speaker, Greg Pitts, an OT who works with athletes, will present information about Hand and Wrist Injuries. His talk will focus on specific red flags for Athletic Trainers and ways to identify and treat common hand and wrist injuries. In addition, students will present unique clinical cases. Specifically, the Lafayette High School case will be presented followed by discussion with Jenni Williams, Lafayette High School ATC. A full program and hotel information will be posted shortly. If you wish to pre-register use the PayPal button below. |
| History |
| The Kentucky Athletic Trainers Society (KATS) was organized in 1983 following passage of the Athletic Training Practice Act in 1978. The association is open to all certified athletic trainers practicing in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Since it's inception KATS has been actively involved in helping its members with issues related to athletic training and sports medicine. KATS also serves to forward the legislative interests for athletic training in Kentucky. |
| Education and Meetings |
| KATS provides its membership with opportunities for continuing education, legislative representation and professional growth. KATS offers a yearly educational program that is open to both certified and student athletic trainers. KATS also has semi-annual business meetings where information is presented to and discussed by the membership. |
| Membership |
| Full membership in KATS is open to all
certified athletic trainers practicing in Kentucky. Other levels of membership are available
for college and high school students with sponsorship from a certified athletic trainer. If
you paid NATA membership dues and have a Kentucky mailing address you may already be a member
of KATS. Please contact treasurer
Dean Geary, ATC if you have any questions regarding this.
Please explore the website to learn more about KATS. If you would like to become to involved in any KATS activities please contact a member of our Executive Council. |
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