Certified athletic trainers are regularly employed in hospitals, clinics, the offices of orthopedists and in family, pediatric, physiatry and sports medicine practices. Certified athletic trainers, working as physician extenders, improve productivity, patient outcomes and satisfaction. They also help move patients faster through the appointment and treatment process. By treating more patients in the same period of time, physicians are able to increase billings, patient throughput and revenue generation.

ATs increase physician productivity and efficiency by:

• Obtaining patient histories
• Performing physical exams and special tests
• Educating patients and answering questions
• Organizing notes and radiographic studies
• Presenting final case reviews to physicians
• Casting*
• Splinting*
• DME/Brace Fitting
• Performing Therapeutic Exercise
• Administering gait training.
  *These duties will depend on additional specialty training received.