ATHLETIC TRAINING

Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Training Education Program
Our program provides traditional athletic training services to all university athletes. Our program at IWU is dedicated to ministering to the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional needs of all intercollegiate university athletes. The IWU athletic training education program desires to be recognized as a program committed to world changing and servanthood, a high standard of care and Christian development. Our program is accredited by CAATE, the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education.

Athletic Training Student Responsibilities

Direct Observation athletic training students:
This is the beginning level in the IWU Athletic Training Education Program. First-year athletic training majors will achieve this status by declaring athletic training as a major, and enrolling in the beginning classes in the athletic training curriculum. Students will remain at this level throughout their first semester observing athletic training room and department procedures, as they are performed by the athletic training faculty, staff, and athletic training students.

Athletic training students:
To achieve this status one must be accepted through the official application process of the IWU Athletic Training Education Program. Athletic Training Students consist of second, third, and fourth year students. As an athletic training student, one will progressively become more active in the program as proper experience and knowledge are gained. The athletic training faculty will assign athletic training students certain responsibilities. One may be given more responsibility than another as his or her knowledge, skill level and attitude proves capable of more responsibility.

Clinical Experiences
Indiana Wesleyan University offers clinical experience in the following athletic areas:

IWU is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) and the Mid-Central Collegiate Conference

Sports medicine professional experience
Athletic training students have the unique opportunity to participate in two internship experiences in a physician’s office and hospital. These internships take athletic training students to Central Indiana Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, where the student will observe and participate in the daily operations of a physician’s daily practice. The CIO internship is directed by Jeremy J. Hunt, MD, IWU athletic training team physician and medical director along with Mendy Rodeffer, MA, LAT, ATC. Marion General Hospital offers both inpatient and outpatient physical therapy opportunities for athletic training students to experience a variety of injuries/conditions. Michelle Renaud, MS, PTA, LAT, ATC supervises students at MGH.

High school clinical experience
Athletic training students at IWU may also participate in a high school setting. Athletic training students may obtain clinical hours under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer at local high schools. These rotations are coordinated by Heidi Zimmerman, LAT, ATC, Marion High School head athletic trainer and Ryan Fagan, MEd, LAT, ATC, Oak Hill High School head athletic trainer.

College/University Experience (Taylor University)
Athletic training students have the opportunity to work with neighboring Taylor University's sports programs, primarily football. This unique experience can give the athletic training student an appreciation for the differences in how universities deliver athletic training services. K.C. Hackman, MS, LAT, ATC, and Adam Sparks, LAT, ATC, coordinate and supervise this rotation.

General Medical Experience
Athletic training students have the opportunity to gain general medical experiences through the IWU Health Center and Bridges to Health, Inc. This experiences offers a wide range of potential conditions and illnesses that may not be experienced or identified in traditional athletic training settings. Adam Thompson, PhD, LAT, ATC, Mary Jacobs, MA, LAT, ATC, Eileen Lennox, NP, Rob Dawson, NP, and Trina Greenwald, NP, supervise these clinical rotations.

IWU athletic training facilities
The Indiana Wesleyan University Athletic Training Education program currently operates three athletic training rooms. The primary athletic training room is located in the Recreation and Wellness Center and is currently the main facility for all indoor sports.

The second facility is located within the Sport Complex Pavilion. The IWU Sports Complex was built in 1993 and consists of two baseball fields, two softball fields, three soccer fields, a track and field with a Mondo surface, a cross-country course, two intramural football fields and a multipurpose field used for intramural recreation. For more information, see the IWU home page campus tour.

The third athletic training facility is within the Sports Complex Building. The Sports Complex Building houses a competition indoor track, baseball and softball practice facilities, an indoor soccer field and tennis courts.

Questions should be directed to the IWU Athletic Training Education Program director:

Adam Thompson, PhD, LAT, ATC
Indiana Wesleyan University
4201 S. Washington St.
Marion, IN 46953-4974
Phone: (765) 677-3482
Email: adam.thompson@indwes.edu