Southeast’s athletic training program provides you with numerous opportunities to earn essential first-hand experience in your career field. You will have the opportunity to complete six clinical experiences that are supervised by a certified athletic trainer at an affiliated clinical site. These clinical practicums are done in conjunction with specific athletic training courses and allow you to utilize and apply the knowledge gained from these courses in a clinical setting. Each practicum encompasses one academic semester and averages approximately 15 hours per week.

During these clinical experiences, you will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of certified athletic trainers who work with some of Southeast’s Division I athletic teams, including football, baseball, softball, volleyball, gymnastics, men and women’s basketball, cross country and track and soccer. You will also have the chance to work with local high school teams, including Cape Central, Notre Dame, Saxony and Jackson, under the supervision of certified athletic trainers.

These practicums are designed to give you a variety of experiences in as many settings as possible in order to broaden your skill base and acquaint you with the diverse environments in which a certified athletic trainer can work. Your exposure to the various career settings will also assist you in deciding which area of athletic training you would like to pursue.

Each athletic training student also performs an internship before graduation. If possible, you will be placed in an internship setting that, based on your interests developed during your clinical experiences, is similar to the career path you would like to pursue. Internship opportunities are available at locations in our region as well as out-of-state locations.

A sample of facilities where internships are performed includes:

Missouri Bone and Joint Center, St. Louis, Mo. - offers several specialized treatment programs which include physical therapy, occupational therapy, sports medicine, spine rehabilitation, hand therapy, cold laser therapy, home therapy, and aquatic therapy.

Rehab Xcel, St. Louis, Mo. - Provides students with opportunities to work in a clinical setting. Students also gain valuable experience working with athletic trainers with the St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams summer camps.

NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL - Provides a learning experience in a corporate/industrial work setting. This internship focuses on physical medicine and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. In this internship each student will be challenged with hands on evaluations, rehabilitation design, educational outreach and injury prevention.

Hughston Clinic, Columbus, Ga. – One of the first clinics in America that focused on the total health of the "athlete" and expanded who could benefit from this type of rehabilitation; the forerunner of today’s Sports Medicine clinic.

Berry College, Rome, Ga. – One of America’s top 10 small private colleges that provides students with an opportunity to work with athletes and sports teams in a diverse setting.

Healthpoint, Cape Girardeau & Jackson, Mo. – Provides students with opportunities to work in a clinical setting and learn about work-hardening rehabilitation. Students also gain valuable experience working with athletic trainers at Cape Central and Jackson schools through Healthpoint’s outreach program.

St. Francis Rehabilitation, Cape Girardeau, Mo. – Provides students with opportunities to work in a clinical setting and learn about improved athletic performance through Athletic Republic. Students also gain valuable experience working with athletic trainers at Notre Dame and Cape Central schools through St. Francis’s outreach program

Southeast Athletic Teams – Under the supervision of certified athletic trainers, students work with some of Southeast’s athletic teams, including football, baseball, softball, volleyball, gymnastics, men and women’s basketball, cross country and track and soccer.

J Robinson Camps, Minneapolis, Minn. – Athletic sports camps for hockey, wrestling and basketball that work with over 10,000 campers every summer. Interns assist certified athletic trainers with the health care for these campers.

Ralph Lundy Soccer Academy, Mt. Pleasant, SC – Advanced training for elite soccer athletes.

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