Vanderbilt Athletic Training Graduate Assistantships 2008 “Team-up with the Commodores!”

1. Vanderbilt Athletic TrainingGraduate Assistantships 2008“Team-up with the Commodores!” Developed by: Patrick Violette MS, ATC Clinical Coordinator Vanderbilt Athletic Training Room Vanderbilt Sports Medicine

2. An Introduction • Do you want to work with a nationally renowned Medical Center? • Do you have an interest in Women’s Lacrosse or Women’s Swimming and Diving? • Do you want to be a part of a Southeastern Conference football team?

3. An Introduction • Vanderbilt Sports Medicine invites you to experience an unrivaled learning environment over the next two years in the Vanderbilt Athletic Training Room. • Vanderbilt University is looking for two hard working, responsible and self-motivated applicants for two Graduate Assistantships. • Position 1 – W. Lacrosse & Football • Position 2 – W. Swimming/Diving & Football

4. The Vanderbilt Athletic Training Staff • Vanderbilt utilizes a team of nine Staff Athletic Trainers and two Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainers. • We have a total of three Athletic Training Rooms on campus, with the majority of time spent in the Pinky Lipscomb Athletic Training Room. It is located in the main Athletics Building, the McGugin Center.

5. Eight taping stations Nine treatment tables Nine-foot deep exercise pool Six staff offices Two G.A. desks Currently meeting with Vanderbilt Architects on expansion plans! The Pinky Lipscomb Athletic Training Room

6. Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute • A modern multi-level facility located at Vanderbilt Medical Center. • Physician clinics • Physician offices • X-Ray • Flouroscopy • Fitness Center • Physical Therapy • Occupational Therapy

7. Dr. Kurt Spindler Head Team Physician Key founder of Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON) Group, researching ACL reconstruction outcomes. Football physician Dr. Jed Kuhn Only member of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons in the state of Tennessee Football physician The Physicians of V.S.M.

8. Dr. Warne Fitch Attending E.R. physician at Level I trauma center Splits time with E.R. and V.S.M. Swimming and Diving Physician Dr. Andrew Gregory Pediatrician with Sports Medicine Fellowship Works with U.S.A. Volleyball Lacrosse Team Physician The Physicians of V.S.M.

9. Your Master’s Degree • Enroll at Belmont University • Located less than two miles from Vanderbilt University. • 2007 US News and World Report ranks Belmont as the top Graduate School in Tennessee! • 11th out of 119 Universities in the Southeast

10. Complete Autonomy. Primary coverage responsibility. Travel during the fall and spring seasons. Supervise a curriculum student from Middle Tennessee State University. Become an ACI! Affiliated with the American Lacrosse Conference. Vanderbilt Lacrosse

11. Complete Autonomy. Primary coverage responsibility. Be a part of a Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving program. Travel with the team. Vanderbilt Swimming and Diving

12. Be an integral part of a five person sports medicine team working football. Establish a professional network within the Southeastern Conference. Travel with the team. Vanderbilt Football

13. Summer Responsibilities • Co-Manage and coordinate Gatorade Sports Camps in the summer months. • Travel to Chicago for Gatorade Training

14. Quick Facts 500,000 people living in Nashville. 1,000,000 people in the mid-state. Quick Weather Summer avg. 89° Winter avg. 39° Nashville, TN Photo taken by Bill Penn 2/27/04

15. Music City, USA CMA Music Festival CMT Music Video Awards Schermerhorn Symphony Grand Old Opry Concerts At Sommet Center Municipal Auditorium Local Establishments Things to do in Nashville

16. Other Activities Frist Center for Visual Arts Tennessee Performing Arts Center Country Music Hall of Fame Nashville Ballet Belle Meade Plantation Nashville Zoo The Parthenon The Ryman Auditorium Things to do in Nashville

17. Outdoor life Causeways Biking Trails Jogging Trails Percy Priest Lake East Nashville Old Hickory Lake Northeast Nashville Things to do in Nashville

18. Tennessee Titans NFL Nashville Predators NHL Nashville Sounds AAA Baseball Things to do in Nashville

19. The Basics of your Assignment • Get a Degree! • Pursue a Master of Sports Administration at Belmont University. • All classes are offered in the evening. • Work in the Vanderbilt Athletic Training Room during the day.

20. The Basics of your Assignment • How am I compensated? • Sign a two year contract beginning 6/1/08 and ending 5/31/10. • You are paid a yearly salary of $29,785.60. • You are responsible for your tuition payments at Belmont. • Payments due by first of August.

21. Master of Sports Administration • Belmont Master of Sports Administration • 33 total credit hours. • Take 8-9 credit hours per semester. • Summer classes? • Not required, and there is an extra fee.

22. The Vanderbilt Clinical Experience • Vanderbilt Athletic Training Room • Learn valuable time management skills. • Construct a treatment schedule for your autonomous sport. • Work with Staff Athletic Trainers on the football schedule and injury report. • Communicate with our Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Physicians. • Learn from all Staff Athletic Trainers.

23. Clinical Education • Other responsibilities. • Participate in monthly GA Skill Sessions. • Learn new techniques to enhance your clinical skills. • Attend Evidence Based Medicine Courses. • Done during your first year. • Meet with Clinical Coordinator on monthly basis.

24. To Vanderbilt Cover Letter Why Vanderbilt? Resume 2 Letters of Recommendation 3 Professional References Official Academic Transcripts Vanderbilt Mailing Address Patrick Violette MS, ATC Vanderbilt University Athletic Training Room McGugin Center 2601 Jess Neely Drive Nashville, TN 37212 Application Procedures

25. To Belmont Application Form Application Fee Official Transcripts GRE Test Scores Two completed Recommendation Forms Cover Letter Resume Belmont Mailing Address Belmont University Office of Admissions 1900 Belmont Boulevard Nashville, TN 37212-3757 Application Procedures Belmont University Admissions Policies and Procedures information is located at: http://belmont.edu/sa/admissions/index.html

26. More Information • For more information, please see the following: • www.vucommodores.com • www.belmont.edu • www.vsm.vanderbilt.edu We look forward to you Teaming-up with the Commodores!