The Council on Practice Advancement (COPA) is collecting applications for its subcommittees on an ongoing basis in order to fill upcoming openings as well as unplanned vacancies, and assist the committees in short-term projects. This settings-based council is comprised of members who represent a variety of settings within our ten committees housed in the Council of Practice Advancement. These ten committees include: Armed Forces, Rehabilitation Clinic, Health Care Administration, Occupational, Performing Arts, Physician Practice, Private and Emerging Practice, Public Safety, Community Outreach and Analytics and Outcomes. The mission of COPA is to represent the professional practice settings of athletic training by increasing awareness, demonstrating value and assisting in efforts to expand and advance the profession.Committee members must attend monthly meeting calls, attend the January Joint Committee Meeting in Dallas, TX, and participate in committee activities that include writing articles, preparing social media posts, highlighting current medicine research, etc. In addition to general expectations of all NATA committee members, all volunteers must be certified NATA members in good standing with an NPI number.
Rehabilitation/Clinic Committee: members are subject matter experts in the Rehabilitation/Clinic field, with at least five years of experience in this setting.
The Council on Practice Advancement (COPA) has one opening on the Rehabilitation Clinic Committee. The COPA Rehabilitation Clinic Committee is charged with the following responsibilities:
- Serve as the voice of and for NATA members working in the rehabilitation clinic setting.
- Promote the worth and value of ATs working in the rehabilitation clinic setting.
- Provide resources for members to succeed in the rehabilitation clinic setting.
Serving on the COPA Rehabilitation Clinic Committee is a renewable one-year commitment, renewable for a total of four years, to attend monthly conference calls and the NATA Joint Committee Meeting in January. The ideal candidate would be working under these conditions:
- Employed in the Rehabilitation Clinic setting, treating patients in a central location apart from Community Outreach
- Responsible for documentation of the care provided to their patients
- Working at the top of their state licensure, treating a patient caseload from referring physicians