The Point Loma Nazarene University Athletic Training Education Program exists to prepare students desiring a career in allied health as an Athletic Trainer to:
Become a Proficient Professional Practitioner. Proficiency is demonstrated formatively through:
- Completion and mastery of the NATA Educational Competencies and Clinical Proficiencies.
- Assessment and evaluation by professors, approved clinical instructors, medical staff and coaches.
Summatively, proficiency is demonstrated by:
- Student passing the NATA-BOC examination.
- Graduates of the PLNU ATEP take their place in the profession
Further their Education and Professional Standing by pursuing:
- Involvement in and enhancement of the Athletic Training profession
- A post graduate degree and/or
- A Secondary Education Teaching Credential
Live a Life of Service to Others as modeled by Jesus Christ. Jesus taught that, "The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Be Liberally Educated.
The ATEP promotes harmony with the PLNU liberal arts education tenets of learning by:
- Responding to the Sacred
- Developing cognitive abilities
- Exploring an interdependent world
- Seeking cultural perspectives
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