Ever since I can remember I always known that I want a career where I would be helping people. I always knew that I would end up somewhere in the medical fields. When I was younger, I always talked about becoming a nurse in the service but as time went on I changed my mind about joining the military service. However, that one thing that stuck was becoming a nurse. I knew it would be long hours in school, time consuming studying but I was prepared. It wasn’t until I moved to New York, where I applied for a position as a Junior Assistant Athletic Trainer and everything changed for the better. I found something I love and enjoyed. So for my career exploration paper, I chose to do my research on becoming an athletic trainer.
The nature of becoming an athletic trainer requires tiring work but it is something I would look forward to doing as a career. As an athletic trainer you would work with different athletes in vary of sports and age groups to prevent, diagnose, and treat injuries to the muscles and bones. The athletic trainer would work closely under a physician because remember they are not doctors so they can only provide basic medical care. An athletic trainer often provides first prompt first aid or emergency care when …show more content…
However, some may also require a graduate, or even a master’s degree. When doing my research on the educational background to becoming successful in this occupation it stated that after college, it would recommend do some training course also. This training could include CPR courses, sports medicine, health and nutrition, etc. This all have to be received from an accredited degree program by the CAATE (Commission on Accreditation Training Education). After receiving your bachelor’s degree you will then have to submit to successfully passing the Board of Certification Exam, to practice your profession as an athletic trainer because you have to be certified in most
The nature of becoming an athletic trainer requires tiring work but it is something I would look forward to doing as a career. As an athletic trainer you would work with different athletes in vary of sports and age groups to prevent, diagnose, and treat injuries to the muscles and bones. The athletic trainer would work closely under a physician because remember they are not doctors so they can only provide basic medical care. An athletic trainer often provides first prompt first aid or emergency care when …show more content…
However, some may also require a graduate, or even a master’s degree. When doing my research on the educational background to becoming successful in this occupation it stated that after college, it would recommend do some training course also. This training could include CPR courses, sports medicine, health and nutrition, etc. This all have to be received from an accredited degree program by the CAATE (Commission on Accreditation Training Education). After receiving your bachelor’s degree you will then have to submit to successfully passing the Board of Certification Exam, to practice your profession as an athletic trainer because you have to be certified in most