EDAC | ATAF

PURPOSE

to identify and address issues relevant to ethnically diverse athletic trainers
to implement initiatives to increase the number of ethnically diverse athletic trainers
to address health care concerns affecting physically active, ethnically diverse individuals

Want to get involved? CLICK HERE

MENTORSHIP

Check out the Mentor Match Program:

Questions about becoming a mentor or mentee? NATA EDAC’s Mentoring FAQ

EDUCATION

Teaching, Learning Cultural Competency
Why Words Matter: the importance of using compassionate, respectful language as a healthcare provider
Why Patient Values Matter in Clinical Decision Making: studying the impact of race, religion, gender and socioeconomic status on health disparities
Understanding Implicit Bias in Health Care
Compassionate Care for All NATA blog series
Compassionate Care for All infographic

SCHOLARSHIPS

NATA

DEADLINE: January 13th

REQUIREMENTS:

SEATA

GRANTS

Interested in enhancing ethnic diversity within the profession?

Are you an ethnically diverse athletic training student that would like to attend NATA’s iLead Student Leadership Conference?

SERVICE

ATs 4 Be The Match

ATAF EDAC supports the mission of NATA EDAC to increase the diversity of the bone marrow donor registry through Be The Match to help save the lives of patients with blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma
According to the 2018 NATA News Article, Athletic Trainers 4 Be The Match, ethnically diverse patients find a donor <60% of the time in comparison to 93% of Caucasian patients
Learn more about BeTheMatch and sign up to become part of the donor registry today

AWARDS

Would you like to recognize someone that has contributed to the development and enhancement of ethnically diverse athletic trainers?