The Wounded Bear S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M O N T A N A P A G E 1 S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N - T E R E S T : NATA Month UMATSA Update New AT Lab Update I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Awards 3 NWATA Annual Meeting 2017 Leadership 4 Retreat NATA Month 6 UM AT Research 9 NEW DEDICATED ATHLETIC TRAINING LABORATORY SPACE ANNOUNCING LAUNCH OF CAPITAL PROJECT The UM Athletic Training program received approval this past fall to renovate laboratory space in McGill Hall adjacent to the 2nd floor classroom and AT office spaces. We are beyond excited to expand our ability to provide students additional research opportunities while developing collaborative partnerships on campus and within the community, state and region. The vision for the additional space is to provide a dedicated research space for UM AT faculty, which currently takes place in the teaching laboratory. The UM AT program has increased our community outreach providing medical care for some of the youth sports programs and as a result are looking for space to facilitate implementation of a sports injury clinic, injury risk screening, as well as a concussion clinic. We are launching a capital project to complete the renovation and our goal is to raise $300,000. If you are able to financially support this project, please go to http://supportum.org/give/default.php and include SUE394 Athletic Training Program Facility Fund in the comment box on the donation form or contact Valerie.Moody@umontana.edu for more information!
A EG E2 2 P AP G Awards and Recognition Kerianne Richardson (MSU-Billings), John Sunchild, and Steve Young attend NATA ilead Steve Young and John Sunchild were selected to attend the ilead Conference in Dallas Texas this February. Steve was supported by the Montana Athletic Trainers Association. John Sunchild received a scholarship from the NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee to attend (he was 1 of 6 students selected!). Erin Boggs was elected as President of the NWATA Student Senate. Makenna Turk was elected to serve as a Student Senator representing UM on this board. Riley Kenney was selected as this year s Naseby Rhinehart Award winner (which is selected by UM AT staff and faculty). JT Yancy and Kathryn Olson were selected as recipients of NWATA and NATA Scholarships. Taylor Purchio was selected as a recipient of the Chuck Kimmel Scholarship to attend the NATA Annual meeting in Houston this June. Rina Kasuga Awarded JBATS Internship Rina Kasuga, a fir st year student, was selected for the J apan Baseball Athletic Tr ainer s Society Internship. She travelled to Arizona for spring training to work with the San Diego Padres.
P AP GA E G E 3 3 Awards and Recognition John Sunchild received the UM Student Diversity Leadership Award (pictured here with associate Provost Nathan Lindsey) Heather Bartz was selected for a summer internship at Minnesota Hockey Camps this July JT Yancy was the inaugural recipient of the Naseby Rhinehart Scholarship this year. Riley Kenney was selected by AT faculty and staff as this year s Naseby Rhinehart Award winner.
P AP GA E G E 4 4 MSU-B AND UM ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAMS COME TOGETHER AT INAUGURAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT Both athletic training programs have been working on a collaboration the past 7 years to build a unique educational model to serve Montana. The inaugural leadership retreat held in Bozeman, MT this past January was the next step in this collaborative partnership to develop professional networks, work on team building skills and leadership development. The two day retreat was a huge success and the programs are already looking at ways to continue to expand and improve this incredible learning opportunity for our students in Montana.
P AP GA E G E 5 5 CLINICAL EDUCATION UPDATE The arrival of May signals the end of the academic year, and another series of successful clinical education rotations! UMAT students logged over 11,000 hours of clinical experience this academic year, an average of almost 600 hours for each student! A huge THANK YOU to our clinical preceptors who dedicate so much of their time and effort into the education of our students. Ten students will be returning for their second year in the program in August, and will be engaged in a wide variety of clinical experiences. Will Houck will spend his fall semester in Chicago at Northwestern University, primarily with the football team. Erin Boggs and Jacob Casebolt will take on the challenge of the Griz football team, and JT Yancy will spend his fall with the women s soccer team. Heather Bartz joins Hellgate High School during the fall, and John Sunchild will spend his spring at Hellgate. Castle Creighton will spend nearly 7 months with the Missoula Jr. Bruins and Missoula Area Youth Hockey. Erika Vichcales will begin a season with the Lady Griz basketball team in October. Finally, Rina Kasuga and Madison McCarthy will spend the spring with the track and field team! We are excited to see the personal and professional growth of each of these students as they begin their year-long preparation for independent practice upon graduation in May 2018! Finally, the UMAT program is continuing to expand clinical opportunities for students. This spring brought new agreements with Northwestern University, Polson High School and the San Diego Padres. We also began a site sharing agreement with the University of Montana Physical Therapy program, allowing two AT students to gain experience in the physical therapy clinic while two PT students spent time in the RATC. We are also working with St. Luke s Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Boise, ID to set up a clinical opportunity for 2018. We strive to expand our clinical offerings to best meet the needs of our students, and prepare them for professional practice. If you are interested in possibly serving as a clinical preceptor or clinical site, please contact Melanie McGrath at melanie.mcgrath@umontana.edu. REMEMBERING JOHN JACK REDGREN John A. "Jack" Redgren of Nashville, TN Age 74, passed away May 12, 2017. Please join us in honoring the life of Jack John Redgren former undergraduate student at the University of Montana and strong supporter of our athletic training program. Jack graduated from Sidney, Montana in 1961 and in the spring of 1962 volunteered as student assistant for the late UM Head Athletic Trainer and NATA Hall of Famer Naseby Rhinehart for 3 years which was his first exposure to the athletic training profession. After serving in the Army and completing physical therapy school Jack took a job in 1967 at the University of Michigan with NATA Hall of Famer Lindsy McLean. Later he worked with yet another Hall of Famer Joe Warden at Vanderbilt University. Jack was a strong proponent of athletic training professional education and following his time at Vanderbilt he worked in the private sector treating varsity, professional and recreational athletes. He continued to work part-time with Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance until his retirement. In 2002 Jack fulfilled one of his lifelong dreams by being inducted into the Hall of Fame. http://www.nata.org/halloffame/index.htm#218 Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Janet & William Redgren; sister, Jill Terrell. Survived by his loving wife of 48yrs, Ann Pearson Redgren; children, Ann Marie Gerber (Philip), Katherine Rausch (Bradley) & Emily Macon (Randall) and 5 grandchildren.
PAGE 6 National Athletic Trainers Association Month Posters and flyers were made and distributed throughout the Northwest targeting the physically active of all ages, but also businesses throughout the northwest to reach the general population to spread the word about athletic training. Throughout the month, social media accounts were used to post facts about athletic training and articles about the profession daily. Students had plastic stadium cups and bottle openers made with the NATA logo and distributed to different businesses and events that we participated in to promote athletic training. Throughout campus, bulletin boards were updated with this year s theme. The students provided volunteer medical coverage with a and raise awareness about brain injury. We had students attend elementary school, middle school and high school classes to Pint Night Fundraiser Zach teach the students McCarthy & Logan Ellis about the brain as an introductory lesson to head injuries- they were also able to talk about the profession of athletic training with the students and gave out cups, stickers and coloring books from the Brain Injury Alliance. Erin Boggs, Will Houck, and Heather Bartz visited schools to talk about AT JT Yancy, Erin Boggs and Keith Forkin assistpreceptor for a regional rugby tournament that ed the Brain Injury Alliance with helmet raises awareness about suicide. The poster defitting at the YMCA sign made by the students was included in the event brochure and several announcements were made throughout the day highlighting Students made and distributed this flyer for NATA month. Students arranged a Tap Night NATA month fundraiser at the Tamarack Brewery in which they spoke to approximately 500 patrons about the athletic training profession- the funds raised from this event were donated to the NATA Foundation ($500). March is also Brain Injury Awareness month and we partnered with the Brain Injury Alliance to conduct 3 different community events providing free bike helmets to kids at local car dealerships and at the YMCA. We were also able to provide information about the AT profession
P AP GA E G E 7 7 UMATSA Update (Above) Students at the NWATA meeting UMATSA members have been busy promoting the AT profession and volunteering this spring at the Montana Food Bank (Above) UMATSA Tape A Thon Network. We had 19 students attend the District 10 Meeting in Tacoma, WA. The students took 3rd in the Quiz Bowl competition, Taylor Purchio won best oral presentation, JT Yancy and Kathryn Olson won district scholarships and the students helped raise almost $1500 for the NATA Foundation. (Left) Quiz Bowl Team: Steve, Logan, and Keith (Right) UMATSA Social at the Hub in Missoula
A EG E8 8 P AP G Educational Opportunities We spent a morning at Glacier Ice Rink with the students focusing on hockey injuries and on ice management of acute injuries. The students encountered mock patients simulating conditions such as hip dislocation, open tibia fracture, shoulder dislocation, cardiac arrest and concussion. It was a fun morning helping the students expand their skills set beyond the field and court! (Above) Stephanie and Madison caring for a tibia fracture Missoula EGG Conference In-service The Missoula Eighth Graders Gifted Conference held its meeting on the University of Montana campus this May. Valerie Moody, Samantha Riordan, and Logan Ellis spent the morning working with these students educating them about the AT profession as well as having them perform different skills representative of the different AT domains. (Pictured Right: Logan Ellis and Sam Riordan teaching EGG students about reflexes) MHSA State Wrestling Melanie McGrath, Keith Forkin and Jacob Casebolt made the trek to Billings in Febr uar y to assist with medical coverage for the all class state wrestling tournament. This was an incredible learning opportunity for our students to interact with other health care professionals across the state!
PAGE UM AT Research 2016-2017 9 Riley Kenney Steve Young Keith Forkin Zach McCarthy Alysa Brown Heather Bartz Logan Ellis Taylor Purchio Stephanie Swindell Will Houck Samantha Riordan
P A G E UM AT Research 2016-2017 Graduate research has been productive this year as our students took on numerous projects. They have been busy presenting this year at the Big Sky Sports Medicine Conference, NWATA, UM Graduate Research Conference, and will present at NATA as well as the Montana Athletic Trainers Association State Meeting. Below are the titles of their research projects: Steve Young Stephanie Swindell Samantha Riordan Riley Kenney Alysa Brown Taylor Purchio Zach McCarthy Keith Forkin Will Houck Heather Bartz Logan Ellis Analysis of sideline concussion screening tools in an athletic setting Concussion knowledge and reporting behaviors among junior ice hockey players Assessment of Concussion knowledge of Missoula youth sport participants and their parents Reviewing the use of Injury screening assessments and identifying risk of injury Nutritional needs in collegiate female soccer athletes Descriptive Analysis of Injuries Sustained by Wildland Firefighters Examining the relationship between different pitching mechanics and throwing injuries Concussion Policy Development for the YMCA of Missoula Advocating for Early MRI or CT Imaging for Suspected Scaphoid Fractures in Athletes Reviewing the Use of Physical Diagnostic Testing Methods and Detection of Meniscal Tears Self-Reported knowledge of Concussion Symptoms and Management by Lacrosse Coaches
P A G E Naseby & Evelyn Rhinehart Scholarship With the support of the Rhinehart family, the Naseby and Evelyn Rhinehart Scholarship was established in honor of the late Naseby and Evelyn who were so loved and respected by the University of Montana and the Missoula Community. Naseby mentored numerous athletic training students and UM student athletes in the 47 years he served as the Head Athletic Trainer. The positive impact he had on young students, coaches, administrators and everyone he interacted with will never be forgotten. This spring for the first time the Naseby and Evelyn Scholarship was awarded to a JT Yancy, an outstanding UM athletic training student. To date we have raised approximately $13,000 and our short term goal is $35,000 to endow the scholarship and long-term is $150,000 to provide more than one scholarship. Because of all the lives that Naseby and Evelyn touched we are very optimistic about the propensity of acquiring pledges from potential donors. Dennis Murphy established an outstanding Naseby and Evelyn Athletic Training Scholarship Facebook page, which includes a collection of numerous articles, pictures, awards and information about Naseby and Evelyn from the time Naseby arrived in Missoula/UMT as a student athlete, to the end of his 47 year career. If you have a Facebook account it is a must see! https://www.facebook.com/ groups/335120653508723/ After browsing the Facebook page and appreciating the far -reaching influence Naseby and Evelyn had on UM, the Missoula community and athletic training profession, it will inspire you to make a pledge to support the education of a UM Athletic Training Student. Please complete the pledge form on the last page of the newsletter if you are able to contribute.
PAGE 12 SAVE THE DATE! JOIN US THIS FALL FOR THE 3rd ANNUAL UM ATHLETIC TRAINING HOMECOMING HALL OF FAME CELEBRATION OCTOBER 13-OCTOBER 14, 2017 Look for your invitation in late August