-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Griffin
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:18 PM
To: athletic_training_education@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Entry Level Masters Degree

In a recent court filing by the APTA in our lawsuit against CMS, one
of the things that they said that makes them different/better, is
that all of their programs are Entry Level Masters Degree's.

Recently, an NATA task force has set deadlines to have a Degree in
Athletic Training (rather than Exer & Sport Science, or PE) to sit
for the BOC exam; in that same decision they came to the conclusion
that it would be best to maintain our entry level degree as a
Bachelors degree.

With Physical Therapy moving more and more to the DPT, I think it is
a mistake for the NATA to not move us forward with an Entry Level
Masters Degree. Some schools have already done so (University of
North Carolina @ Greensboro) and I think that if there is a 10 year
plan to have the degree in Athletic Training as a requirement, we
should couple that with requiring an Entry-Level Masters.

I believe that this has been debated before, but I think in light of
this recent court document using this AGAINST US, we should re-visit
the issue now, rather than 10 years from now.

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