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BLOG SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Athletic trainers (ATs) provide exceptional health care to a diverse patient population in a variety of work settings. Help us share what ATs do daily by submitting content to our blog. Our readers include parents/guardians, students, athletes, school administrators, legislators, community leaders and employers. We welcome your submission of original content suitable for our audience. We will review what you submit and may publish your content as a guest or NATA member post. NATA does not provide monetary compensation for submission blog posts.
RELEVANT TOPICS
Topics of interest are wide ranging to include, but not limited to:
- History of Athletic Training
- Athletic Training Job Settings
- Domains of Athletic Training / Athletic Training Education
- How Athletic Trainers Impact Health Care
- Athletic Trainers’ Role in Patient Education
- Athletic Trainers’ Role in Various Health Care Topics Including, but not Limited to:
- Concussion
- Mental Health
- Cultural Competence
- Heat Illness
- Sickle Cell Trait
- Spine Injuries
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest
- Weather Monitoring
- How to Advocate for an Athletic Trainer in Your School/Community
- Importance of Interprofessional Collaboration with other Health Care Professionals (Team Physician, Paramedic, Orthopedic Surgeon, Nurse, etc.)
- Importance of Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)
- Importance of AED/CPR training
LENGTH AND FORMAT
We accept only original submissions between 300-500 words. Please include the author’s name, credentials, title and place of employment. To be considered, please keep your blog at or below an 8th grade reading level.
ARTWORK
Our blog articles will include an accompanying image related to the topic. Authors are encouraged to submit images for consideration. Images must be public domain or of the author’s own creation. If you do not include an image, NATA may provide our own.
REVIEW AND EDITORIAL PROCESS
We reserve the right to edit your submission for accuracy, consistency, grammar and readability. We may provide you with an edited version of the blog for final approval. NATA may include a disclaimer that the work of the author and publication does not reflect the endorsement or the views of the association. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. NATA reserves the right not to publish an article if it does not meet our standards.
All articles will include the following disclaimer:
The following article is an original work published by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Opinions expressed by authors are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA).
FORM SUBMISSION
BLOG AND PHOTO UPLOAD
Please Include name(s), credential(s) and job title(s) of individuals in image(s). Please describe what is occurring in the image(s) being submitted. This can be a short caption.
You may upload as many images as needed, one at a time.
Files must be less than 10 MB.
