For National Athletic Training Month in 2022 we are exploring the theme “Providing Health Care Everywhere” and we can’t think of a better way to do that than to showcase some of our own outstanding athletic trainers. We’ll spend the month sharing with you the inside scoop from athletic trainers who are working in emerging settings and unique positions. So read on and enjoy!
Camille Harris, MS, LAT, ATC, ITAT
Where did you go to school? BS in Athletic Training from the University of Alabama 2013, MS in Sports Medicine from Georgia State University 2015
Current AT Setting: I’m currently a clinical athletic trainer working at the Concussion Institute.
Employer: Northside Hospital
Years at current job: I’ve been employed at the CI for about a year and a half now.
Who are your "athletes"? My “athletes” vary! We will have traditional athletes that were injured playing sports of course, but we also see a little bit of everyone in between. I’d say the majority of our patients who are not athletes or weekend warriors (lol) sustained their concussions via motor vehicle accidents. We also have a history of patients that were injured via trips and falls in their home, elementary aged children injured at recess, and sadly victims of domestic violence as well.
What's your schedule like? I work M-F from 8a-4p.
What does your facility/ATR look like? We are an outpatient facility equipped with patient treatment rooms as well as a small gym that we utilize to exert our athletes before returning them to sport. We have two neuropsychologists and two physical therapists on staff as well. The PTs utilize their treatment rooms as well as the gym to administer vestibular therapy.
Have you been to any exciting locations/events with this job? Not yet, unfortunately! Joining the team during the height of COVID has caused some limitations, but I am confident that as COVID restrictions lessen we’ll be able to do more marketing and promoting in large group settings.
What do you like most about your job? I’d say it’s been and has always been about the people. Most of our patients visit us initially in a great deal of pain and are desperate to feel better. There continues to be a great deal of misinformation regarding concussions and treatment of concussions. So it’s rewarding to be able to educate our patients and accompany them on their journey to recovery.
Any advice for an AT who wants to work in this setting? I would advise any AT to shadow a clinical AT before making the commitment to work in this setting. It’s a fulfilling environment to work in, but it is clinical, so quite different from traditional athletic settings!
Other Notes: Visit northside.com/concussioninstitute for more information about the providers and multidisciplinary clinic.
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