2021 Program

Registration is now closed

Thank you for your interest in our FWATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium.

Interested exhibitors can contact Bill Chamber or Leroy Heu

Please contact the FWATA R&G Committee Chair with any questions:

Melissa Montgomery PhD, ATC
Chair, FWATA Research and Grants Committee
California State University, Fullerton
memontgomery@Exchange.FULLERTON.edu

The 2021 FWATA Paul Schechter Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held Thursday, April 28, 2022 at the Riverwalk Golf Club. Scheduled for a 1:00pm shotgun start. Proceeds go toward funding FWATA athletic training student scholarships. We will continue to provide updates as the event approaches.

For more information please contact Dennis Goebel.

Thank you for your interest in presenting at the 2022 FWATA Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium, April 28 – May 1, 2022 in San Diego, CA!

We welcome proposal submissions from FWATA members and nonmembers. Be sure to read the proposal guidelines for each program format prior to submission.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – READ BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL

• Proposal topics must fall within one of the five domains of practice for athletic training. Detailed domain information can be found in the Board of Certification Role Delineation Study.
  I. Injury and Illness Prevention and Wellness Promotion
  II. Examination, Assessment and Diagnosis
  III. Immediate and Emergency Care
  IV. Therapeutic Intervention
  V. Healthcare Administration and Professional Responsibility
• All proposals submitted are evaluated through a 3-step review process.
• Proposal submissions must avoid any affiliation with a commercial product or service.
• Compensation for presenting at FWATA is provided as outlined in the FWATA Speaker Compensation Policy.
• Proposals must be complete and accurate with confirmed topic and list of speakers. Incomplete and/or late proposals will not be considered.
• The deadline for submission is September 1, 2021.
• Due to an increase in proposal submissions and size of the convention facilities, all proposals will not be accepted. In this situation, topics will be selected based on the organization of the program, quality of content and speakers, and significance of the material to the FWATA membership.
• Please see the session Guidelines documents for information regarding each proposal category.

– FWATA Speaker Compensation Policy
– Topics Being Developed by the Education Program Committee

– FWATA Lecture Guidelines
– FWATA Lecture Submission Form

– FWATA Learning Lab Guidelines
– FWATA Learning Lab Submission Form

Registration is closed.

Fees and Cancellation Policies

• General Cancellation and Refund Policy:
  Refund requests must be sent in writing to salergc@nv.ccsd.net, no later than two weeks prior to the first day of the convention. All registration cancellations will be subject to a $25.00 processing fee. Request made prior to refund deadline will be processed no later than eight weeks after the last day of the Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium. Refunds will be issued in the same form as the payment received. No cancellations will be accepted after the final day of the Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium.
• Important Note:
  Registrants are responsible for being aware of the various cancellation policies/deadlines and applicable refunds for each selection made. The policies/deadlines can be found under the “Fees” tab of the registration website.

Acknowledgement Statement

2022 – April 28 – May 1 at the Town and Country Resort – San Diego
2023 – July 12-15 at the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay
2024 – TBD

FWATA is a “BOC Approved Provider.”
Please note that the provider numbers vary by category and/or individual sessions (i.e. EBP sessions have different provider numbers that are unique to each session) when reporting the CEUs you earned from FWATA Annual Meetings and Clinical Symposiums. The provider numbers is located towards the bottom of the CEU certificate of attendance.

For Category A CEUs, enter “Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium” for Activity Title. For EBP CEUs, enter the title to the course you attended. Course titles are located toward the top of the EBP CEU Certificate of attendance. Listed below is the maximum number of CEUs that were available for each category, for each meeting. Registered attendees are responsible for tracking the actual number of CEU hours that they earned by attending various sessions.

2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium – CVENT
22 CEUs (16.25 Category A CEUs and 5.75 EBP CEUs)

2020 Virtual Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium – ICEU
10.5 Category A CEUs

Previous Meetings:

April 25-28, 2019
2019 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Town and Country Resort
San Diego, CA
12 Category A CEUs; 6 EBP CEUs

April 26-29, 2018
2018 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Westgate Resort and Casino Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
17 Category A CEUs; 6 EBP CEUs

April 27-30, 2017
2017 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Westgate Resort and Casino Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
12 Category A CEUs; 5 EBP CEUs

July 12-16, 2016
2016 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou
Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i
15 Category A CEUs and 5 EBP CEUs
**Important Note: If you attended the last EBP session (Speaker: Lori A. Michener, PhD, Pt, ATC, SCS, FAPTA), it is only approved for a maximum of 1.0 EBP CEU, not two. Please make sure to enter the correct number of CEUs to avoid an audit**

April 17-19, 2015
2015 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Town and Country Resort and Spa
San Diego, California
12 Category A CEUs and 5 EBP CEUs

April 11-13, 2014
2014 Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium
Las Vegas Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
16 Category A CEUs

Reporting CE to the BOC:

ATs must complete a predetermined number of continuing education units (CEUs) during the certification maintenance period. The current period ends December 31, 2021. (11:59pm CT). Please use the following link to the BOC Website for more information about maintaining and reporting CEUs: New Link