Athletic Training Education Program

The Athletic Training Education Program Faculty are well qualified leaders in the Athletic Training Profession. The faculty combined have numerous state, district and national presentation's at a variety of athletic training, sports medicine and emergency medical services conferences. The Faculty are also published authors on a variety of athletic training topics

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	Joseph A. Beckett, EdD, ATC Director, Athletic Training Education Program 25 Years Experience in Athletic Training Education
	EdD - West Virginia University MS - Marshall University BS - Wittenberg University
	Moberly 224 521 Lancaster Ave. Richmond, KY 4047 Current Teaching Schedule	OFF: 859 622 2134 FAX: 859 622 1254 Email: Dr. Joe Beckett, ATC
Professional Interests / Expertise / Areas of Research

Pertinent Professional Work: Graduate Education Committee of the NATA Competencies in Education Committee of the NATA JRC-AT Site Evaluator for 10 years JRC-AT Clinical Instructor Educator Co-author of the National Athletic Trainers Association Exertional Heat Illness Position Statement, Journal of Athletic Training Journal of Athletic Training Textbook Reviewer on 4 occasions Reviewer of Poster Presentations at NATA Convention Consultant for numerous institutions developing Athletic Training Education Programs including Oklahoma State University, Northeastern State University (OK), Sterling College (KS), Shawnee State University (OH), Marietta College (OH), Northern Kentucky University, Concord College (WV), and Bluefield College (VA) Presenter at NATA Convention Research and Education Committee, NATA District IX Presenter and Moderator at NATA District IX (SEATA) Convention Presenter, SEATA Student Clinical Symposium Secretary, West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association Presenter, Moderator, and Host at WVATA Conferences Presenter, Kentucky Athletic Trainers' Society Presenter, Kentucky Track & Cross Country Coaches’ Association Founding Medical Coordinator for the fitness screening of WVIAC football and basketball officials Head Athletic Trainer for 25 years at nation’s largest exposure basketball camp (Cage Scope/High Potential Blue Chip Basketball Camp) Extensive speaking experiences in the Greater Kanawha Valley (WV) Noteworthy Honors Selected for inclusion into Manchester Who’s Who (2006) Selected for inclusion into Who’s Who among America’s Teachers (1996 & 2001) Selected for inclusion into Lexington’s Who’s Who (2000) Selected into “Hall of Fame” of the Marshall University Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (Fall 1993) Selected by the NCAA to participate in the Professional in Residence Program at the Betty Ford Clinic (1995) Selected to participate in the Brushy Fork Leadership Institute at Berea College (KY) (1994 & 1995) Selected by the NCAA to participate in the Athletic Prevention, Programming, and Leadership Education (APPLE) Conference at the University of Virginia (1995) Certificate of Appreciation – West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; presented in recognition of outstanding service (1995) Certificate of Appreciation - Charleston Police Department; given for fitness testing and developing fitness programming for police cadets (1988) Certificate of Appreciation - Kanawha County Schools; given in recognition of my special contribution to the success of Kanawha County Schools (1987-88) Certificate of Appreciation - West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association; given for outstanding service and contribution Certificate of Appreciation - West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission; given for outstanding contributions to the health & welfare of secondary school student-athletes (1986)

	Dr. Eric J. Fuchs, ATC, NREMT-B Assistant Professor & Clinical Coordinator
	DA - Middle Tennessee State University MA - San Jose State University BSH - Ohio University
	Moberly 109 521 Lancaster Ave. Richmond, KY 4047 Current Teaching Schedule	OFF: 859 622 8173 FAX: 859 622 1254 Email: Dr. Eric Fuchs, ATC, NREMT-B
Professional Interests / Expertise / Areas of Research
Wound Care Emergency Care of Injured Athlete Casting and Splinting of Athletic Injuries applications for return to play applications for functional rehabilitation applications for acute care Athletic Training Students Clinical Education
Dr. Fuchs currently serves as the Coordinator of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor of the Athletic Training at Eastern Kentucky University and resides in Richmond, Kentucky. Prior to EKU, Dr. Fuchs spent three and half years as the Clinical Coordinator and Assistant Athletic Trainer at Tusculum College in Tennessee. During his tenure Dr. Fuchs has dedicated time to sharing his knowledge and expertise through numerous national, regional and state public speaking engagements. Some of which include presentations at: His third consecutive year at the NATA Annual Meeting and Clinical Symposium Annual Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association Clinical Symposium and Members Meeting Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society State Meeting Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association Student Symposium Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society State Meeting Dr. Fuchs’s presentation’s success at the NATA conferences earned him admission to the NATA’s National Speaker Bureau in 2004. Dr. Fuchs also commits his time to such professional endeavors as serving as a BOC Qualified Examiner, a CAATE site visitor, served as a former JRC-AT Site Visitor, and is currently a manuscript reviewer for Athletic Therapy Today, Human Kinetics, and F.A. Davis Company. Dr. Fuchs holds memberships with the, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association, Kentucky Athletic Trainers’ Society, and the National Association of Orthopedic Technologists. He has additionally served as a fire fighter and EMT with a variety of volunteer fire and rescue departments in his 10 plus years as an EMT.
	Aaron Sciascia, MS , ATC, NS Adjunct Professor – Eastern Kentucky University Program Coordinator -Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center
	MS University of Kentucky BS University of Delaware
	Moberly ??? 521 Lancaster Ave. Richmond, KY 4047 Current Teaching Schedule	OFF: 859 622 FAX: 859 622 1254 Email: Aaron Sciascia, MS, ATC
Professional Interests / Expertise / Areas of Research
Electromyography of Shoulder and Scapula Musculature Kinetic Chain Rehabilitation Scapular Role in Shoulder Function
Aaron Sciascia has been an adjunct professor for the EKU ATEP since 2005. Aaron is the program coordinator at the Lexington Clinic Sports Medicine Center where he actively conducts quantitative research examining scapula and shoulder function and helps produce scholarly publications. His interests include electromyography of therapeutic exercises and kinetic chain rehabilitation.

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