The Iowa Athletic Trainers’ Society Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium is being held on April 11-12, 2025 at the West Des Moines Marriott.

 

The West Des Moines Marriott is located at 1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy West Des Moines, IA 50266

Friday, April 11, 2025

 

• 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration; Coffee and Breakfast available

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• 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM IATS Business Meeting

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• 8:30 AM - 9:25 AM Breathe Well, Feel Well, Perform Well, Sideline Strategies for an Athletic Trainer. Sarah Bancroft, DO, FAOASM: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM Sports Medicine Advisory Committee 2024-2025 updates:

What lies ahead for new policy and practice. Richelle M. Williams, PhD, ATC, Sarah Bancroft, DO,FAOASM, and Anna Manternach, MS, LAT, ATC: 0.5 Category A CEU

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• 9:55 AM – 10:15 AM Break; Student Poster Presentations and Vendors

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• 10:15 AM -11:10 AM Emergency Preparedness and Cardiac Care Review. Michael Donahue, DAT, M.Ed, ATC, LAT and Megan Brady,

Ed.D, ATC, LAT: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 11:15 AM- 12:10 PM Secondary School Athletic Trainers: A Data-Centric Overview

of Job Satisfaction and Strategies for Risk Reduction, Recruitment, and Retention. Jason Viel, MS, LAT, ATC: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 12:20 PM - 1:20 PM Lunch and Awards

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• 1:20 PM - 2:15 PM Wrestling Sports Medicine: A Unique Case of Strep Infection

in a Collegiate Wrestler. Tim Weesner, MS, LAT, ATC: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break; Student Poster Presentations and Vendors

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• 2:30 PM - 4:25 PM Blood Flow Restriction. Abby Gillard, PT, DPT, CSC: 2.0 Category A CEUs

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• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Wrap up

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• 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM IATS Social

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Saturday, April 12th

• 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM Registration; Coffee and light breakfast available

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• 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Before, During, and After the BOOM: Health Care for the

University of Iowa’s Hawkeye Marching Band. Shaun McCarthy, MA, LAT, ATC: 0.75 Category A CEU

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• 9:00 AM - 9:55 AM ATs in Orthopedic Practice. Nicholas Bender, MS, LAT, ATC, Whitney Lents, MS, LAT, ATC, and Megan Lima, LAT, ATC, OTC: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM Ergonomics in the Industrial Setting. Bailey Siebrecht, MHA, LAT, ATC, CEAS III and Michelle Bamrick, LAT, ATC, PTA, CSCS: 1.0 Category A CEU

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• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Sports Performance. Anthony Chilton: 0.75 Category A CEU

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• 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Wrap up