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Introducing “The NATA-Cast” the official podcast of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association! If you’re looking for another resource for athletic training news and updates, this show is for you. The NATA-Cast will feature in depth conversations on hot topics in athletic training, updates from NATA leadership and exclusive interviews with thought leaders in the profession.

Dropping in your feed Friday, Oct. 14, is the first episode of season one, a special series titled “CompensATion ConversATion.” Throughout this series, led by the NATA AT Compensation Task Force, athletic trainers of varying levels of experience will discuss the way athletic training has evolved and the current issues related to AT compensation. The series will look at compensation from the five buckets of the employment lifecycle:

Bucket 1: Fundamentals

Bucket 2: Recruitment

Bucket 3: Advancement

Bucket 4: Retention

Bucket 5: Separation

To hear more, make sure you subscribe to “The NATA-Cast” wherever you listen to podcasts – and tune in Oct. 14 to hear episode one of season one.

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How should ATs be defining compensation? Are ATs speaking the same language when it comes to expectations?

The NATA AT Compensation Task Force was formed in August 2021 with the purpose of investigating what influences compensation for athletic trainers, including economic, social and health care related issues.

The CompensATion ConversATion podcast series will focus on what the task force has identified as the five buckets of employment: fundamentals, recruitment, advancement, retention and separation. Each bucket represents a stage in the life cycle of employment and will be used to identify potential strategies to address these issues.

Murphy Grant, LAT, ATC, NASM-PES, chair of the task force and host of this series, leads the conversation with athletic trainers of varying levels of experience to break down the five buckets of employment.

This episode features three NATA members with unique perspectives on the topic of compensation for athletic trainers:

Kenny Boyd, MS, LAT, ATC, a senior associate athletic director for student athlete health and wellness at Baylor University, lends his perspective as an employer in charge of hiring athletic trainers.

Ann Wallace, MSEd, ATC, NASM-CES, an associate director of athletic training at the University of Kansas, tells her story from the lens of someone who is in charge of hiring and onboarding new athletic trainers into her program.

Emily Mulkey, MS, LAT, ATC, CPT, a staff athletic trainer at Youngstown State University, joins the conversation representing the young professional population to share how she approaches the topic of compensation with her employers.

This group will lay the foundation for what will be discussed in the remaining episodes of this series. Tune in for a discussion with ATs across various settings and leave with some actionable items you can use whether you are an employee or employer.

NATA Salary Survey
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How does workplace culture affect conversations about compensation?

The NATA AT Compensation Task Force was formed in August 2021 with the purpose of investigating what influences compensation for athletic trainers- including economic, social and health care related issues.

The CompensATion ConversATion podcast series focuses on what the task force has identified as the five stages in the life cycle of employment: fundamentals, recruitment, advancement, retention and separation. Each of these cycles will feature an in-depth discussion on potential strategies and solutions to some of the more commonly faced issues found in each stage.

This episode will be a deep dive into the first area: fundamentals. Murphy Grant, LAT, ATC, NASM-PES, chair of the task force and host of this series, interviews Kenny Boyd, MS, LAT, ATC, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Athlete Health and Wellness at Baylor University and Randy Cohen, DPT, ATC, Associate Athletic Director for Medical Services at the University of Arizona.

Tune in to learn more!

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