Council on Practice Advancement (COPA)

This committee supports New Jersey athletic trainers (ATs) who represent a variety of settings within the ten panels housed in the National Athletic Trainers’ Association “Council of Practice Advancement” (COPA). These ten settings include athletic trainers who work within and across the following areas: 

• Armed Forces

• Public Safety

• Rehabilitation Clinics

• Physician Practices

• Health Care Administration roles

• Occupational and Industrial settings

• Performing Arts

• Private Practice / Entrepreneurship

• Community Outreach

• Analytics and Outcomes

Mission
The mission of COPA is to represent professional practice settings of athletic training by increasing awareness, demonstrating value, and assisting in efforts to expand and advance the profession. 

The ATSNJ COPA Committee is dedicated to: 

• raising up the voices, feedback, concerns, and ideas of New Jersey ATs who work across COPA settings

• advocacy toward job growth and expansion across COPA settings

• providing professional resources to ATs who work within COPA settings

• collaborating with the ATSNJ Executive Committee and other state and organizational leaders on athletic training practice advancement initiatives impacting New Jersey ATs.

   

Have an idea that may enhance a particular COPA setting? Looking for support? Want to get involved?

Reach out to copa@atsnj.org and someone from our committee will be in touch!