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What is COPA?
Have you ever asked yourself what COPA stands for and what purpose they serve the membership of the NATA?
Today on the podcast David Gallegos from District 7 and the current director of COPA or the Committee on Practice Advancement joins Alisha M Pennington live from the Dragonfly Max Podcast Lounge.
Why is COPA a committee and not a council?
At its formation, they took into consideration what the membership was asking for and what they needed. They realized that there was a variety of emerging settings within athletic training and they wanted to have a broader perspective and more voices.
To meet that need COPA consists of 10 committees that each has 3 members and 1 chair (8 practice-based committees, 1 analytics and outcome, and 1 public health) and these committees represent the future of practice advancement.
What need does COPA address?
David believes that representation matters. We give a voice to the variety of emerging settings in Athletic Training and offers members resources to help them investigate these emerging settings and connect with other professionals in these settings.
Since June 2018 they have been tracking their progress and have seen improvements.
What is the triple aim of health care and how can data and analytics benefit athletic training?
The triple aim of health care is the simultaneous pursuit of:
- Improving the patient experience of care
- Improving the health of populations while
- Reducing per capita cost in health care
The sub-committee on Data and Analytics has been able to use data from Bobby Lee a health care economist to help show how athletic trainers in a variety of settings can improve the triple aim of health care. Bobby Lee’s data showed that an AT in a secondary school reduced the costs of Medicare/Medicaid by 10-12%.
What Does David think will be the leading job settings in the future of athletic training?
COPA settings allow people to move back and forth between settings as an athletic trainer that match where they are in their life at that time.
How can you help COPA and the NATA?
Realize that COPA is part of the NATA. Speak up if there is a setting you want to investigate or be a part of the committee. Get involved and be the change you wish to see
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David Gallegos – d7director@rmata.org
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Alisha M Pennington – alisha@theatvantage.com
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