NHMI Advisor Wins Teaching Award

Pamela J. Russell, PhD is a long-standing member of the NHMI Advisory Board who has made great contributions to our Athletic Training Fellowship program. Dr. Russell is a full professor in the Department of Movement Arts, Health Promotion and Leisure Studies, and Director of the Biomechanics Laboratory at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. Her excellence as a teacher was recently recognized by Bridgewater when she received the school's 2010 Presidential Award for Distinguished Teaching. NHMI extends its congratulations to Dr. Russell.

2010-2011 Athletic Training Fellows Selected

Nora Beltz, MS, ATC will receive her Masters in athletic training from Plymouth State University in May 2010. She received her BA in biology from Colby (Maine) College and worked briefly in that field before deciding to pursue athletic training. The Fellowship, she believes, will make her a better athletic trainer by exposing her to multiple physicians/professionals in the sports medicine team and significantly broadening her experience. Nora enjoys multiple outdoor activities and has done a fair amount of traveling including a study-abroad stint in London.

Molly Day, ATC finished number 1 in the 2010 graduating class at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse where she earned a BS in athletic training. She is very excited about the incredible educational opportunity the Fellowship offers and believes it will support her pursuit of medical school afterwards. In addition to being an excellent student, Molly is an accomplished artist, excelled as a track & field athlete and plays the piano.

Reid Beauchemin Wins 2010 Letendre Scholarship

The 2010 Bertrand & Blanche Letendre Student Athletic Training Summer School Scholarship has been awarded to Reid Beauchemin. Mr. Beauchemin is homeschooled and attends Concord (NH) High School part time. This scholarship provides funds for students interested in careers in the sports medicine field of athletic training to attend a summer camp focused on athletic training.

Three Abstracts Accepted for Presentation this Summer at NATA (Philadelphia)

An abstract titled, “Characteristics of Interactions between Certified Athletic Trainers and Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Secondary School and Collegiate Settings: A National Survey” will be presented in Philly. The purpose of this study was to survey NATA members regarding on-field interactions with EMS personnel. Congratulations to authors Laura Decoster, Erik Swartz, Jennifer Hootman and Thomas Cappaert. 

A subset of data from the same survey investigated “Compliance with Evidence-Based Football Face Mask Removal Recommendations in Clinical Athletic Training Practice.” Three of the authors (Decoster, Swartz and Cappaert) have been very involved in researching the best approach to removing the face mask to allow airway access in on-field emergencies. However, no published data have revealed the frequency with which this skill is required, nor whether athletic trainers are following recommendations.

Finally, an abstract titled, “The Influence of Leg Dominance on Coordination during a Closed-Chain Tracking Task” was designed to determine whether non-dominant and dominant legs have comparable coordination. The principal investigators on this project were 2008-2009 Athletic Training Fellows, Dawn Schisler and Sarah Philipp. Laura Decoster and Pam Russell are also authors on this project.

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