Doctorate in Athletic Training

The University of Idaho’s College of Education is proud to deliver the first Advanced Clinical Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT).

This innovative Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) program boasts a hybrid of online and on-campus instruction over a 24-month period. The University of Idaho DAT program includes four weeks of on-campus instruction each summer followed by off-campus clinical residencies in the fall and spring. During the clinical residencies, online course work is delivered with the goal of advancing each student's clinical practice skills.

The DAT program is located in scenic Moscow, Idaho - a friendly health conscious community. This program offers an inclusive tuition package and students may be employed as well as eligible for loans and grants while enrolled in the program.

What You Can Do

Career opportunities for athletic trainers are excellent. The United States Department of Labor (USDL) predicts that Athletic Training will grow 37 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. Common practice settings that athletic trainers are found include: high schools, colleges, clinics, hospitals, industrial corporate settings, military, professional sports, club and recreational sports, fitness centers, and many more. In fact new practice settings are added yearly as businesses and patients gain better understanding of the benefits of hiring and being treated by athletic trainers. For more information on Athletic Training as a profession, please visit the National Athletic Trainer’s Association’s website (www.nata.org).

Opportunities

Program Strengths:

The first advanced clinical doctorate in athletic training, this program has been designed to improve clinical practice in athletic training for professionals at any stage of their career. This focus is demonstrated in the following design and curricular characteristics:

• A flexible degree designed for the practicing clinician who resides anywhere in the country.
• Opportunity for students to choose their own residency.
• Development of a network of clinicians committed to improving their clinical practice.
• An integrated curriculum of didactic classroom and clinical coursework, emphasizing advanced clinical practice.
• Conduct of original, applied clinical research focused on advancing clinical practice.

Hands-On Experience

Clinical Residences:

Individualized residencies within the student's chosen area of clinical practice setting or specialty. Students are able to identify their own residency setting and may select their clinical mentor. These residencies are similar to medical residencies and vary according to each student’s interests. All residencies must be approved by Doctoral Athletic Training faculty.
Emphasis on translational research where students become scholarly practitioners who use evidence-based practice to prevent and treat musculoskeletal diseases and disorders