Athletic Training

Overview

The unique curriculum, with courses in gross anatomy with dissection lab, multiple hands-on labs, clinical rotations and applied research, are just a part of the two-year program.

Clinical rotations - spanning both years - include working with WVU Big 12 athletic teams, high school athletes, professional sports, performing arts and in hospital emergency rooms.

Many alumni of the Athletic Training program from West Virginia University currently practice sports medicine throughout the country in the areas of:

• Medicine

• College athletics

• Professional sports

• Olympic training centers

• Military

• Performing Arts

Many are currently working as part of several NFL, MLB and NBA sports medicine teams.

Mission and Vision

The mission of the Division of Athletic Training is to develop exceptional sports medicine clinicians who are uniquely qualified to excel within a dynamic healthcare system. Through a collaborative education, research and clinical practice model, the Division of Athletic Training emphasizes evidence-based decision making and applied research, utilizes state-of-the-art technology, and provides unique clinical experiences to cultivate competent and caring healthcare professionals.

The Division of Athletic Training will be nationally recognized as an exemplary model for developing exceptional and compassionate sports medicine clinicians and scholars who are leaders in the delivery and advancement of evidence-based healthcare.