Ashley is in her first year of the MSAT program and Eastern Washington University but has been around and involved in athletic training for almost 8 years leading up to actually being in the program. Ashley got involved early in the profession in high school and stayed connected with it ever since. She shares about how she discovered the profession and how the time spent around it, cemented the idea that she wanted to do it for a career.

We also discuss advocacy work around athletic training and what she has done and seen to be the most effective in her time prior to being a student and as well as the time in the MSAT. For being just in the start of her education and career, Ashley is making an impact and doing so many amazing things for the profession and building a foundation for making an impact in the future. Please enjoy.

In this Episode

+Career planning for athletic training

+Networking as an athletic training student

+Advocacy in athletic training-a students perspective

+A focus on governmental affairs

Connect with Ashley

Twitter: @AucuttAshley (https://x.com/AucuttAshley )

IG: @a.on.the.sideline (https://www.instagram.com/a.on.the.sideline/ ) or @ashleyaucutt (https://www.instagram.com/ashleyaucutt/ )

FB: Ashley Ryan Aucutt

TikTok: @a.on.the.sideline or @ashleyaucutt

@: ashley2ryan@gmail.com or aaucutt1@ewu.edu

LINK: https://youtu.be/JbFmiNNzCPA

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org

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How subtle changes and shifts can lead to achieving much larger goals.

Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-42825-adapted-to?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

LINK: https://youtu.be/7-nEm4PdRNc

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Keep going. Starting something new can be lonely in the process but keep working and moving forward. You got this.

LINK: https://youtu.be/X055bgtk4Lk

#concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple

The elimination of ~180 AT positions within the H2F program. Lots of layers of complexity and a significant impact to the profession.

Sign up/Read on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adaptedtoat/p/this-week-in-at-042125-h2f-athletic?r=1l2yyw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

LINK: https://youtu.be/kOf6H-Q7EF0

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Dr. Andrew Winterstein recently retired from a career in athletics and education. Throughout his career he has seen almost all of it and experienced and participated in major changes within the athletic training profession.

In this episode, we discuss the changes in AT education and its current state and where Dr. Winterstein sees it going in the future. Beyond just the educating aspect of his career, Dr. Winterstein has also focused on leadership and development and we discuss his own leadership philosophy and how he has evolved it over time.

Dr. Winterstein was also a co-founder of the AATE and he discusses how the association came to be and how it was such a great collection of people focused on making a positive impact on the educational side of athletic training.

This was a special episode for me as Dr. Winterstein was my program director and it was great to catch up and have the conversation. Enjoy.

In this Episode

+Changes in AT education. Driving large scale change.

+Current and future AT education

+Leadership throughout his career and lessons learned. Positive deviance.

+”Experience is the greatest teacher, but the fees are high.”

+History of the AATE

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.-Seth Godin

Connect with Dr. Winterstein

IG: @apwinter12 (https://www.instagram.com/apwinter12/ )

IG: @uwmadison_msat (https://www.instagram.com/uwmadison_msat/ )

@: andrew.winterstein@wisc.edu

LINK: https://www.athletictrainingchat.com/2025/04/ep-187-dr-andrew-winterstein-lessons-in.html

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org

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Utilizing ChatGPT to help learn and pick up new skills along the way and get creative with the prompts to get all you need to know.

LINK: https://youtu.be/iT99jV9SqKQ

#concussion #mwcc #complicatedsimple

More closures at smaller institutions and tighter budgets. How could it impact ATs in this setting going forward?

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LINK: https://youtu.be/-Sy-nx_ToiA

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We were fortunate enough to join the IATS VNS for 2025 to wrap up a wonderful day of education and connecting with ATs across the industrial setting.

In this discussion, IATS president Susan Taah and ATChat host, Joel Luedke, discuss their views on leadership, what it is and is not, and how they have implemented it in their own careers. Susan gets deep into how she has handled her leadership role within the IATS and how she tried to keep that balanced as they continue to grow. Joel drops in a few ideas from his leadership reading to add to the discussion. Check it out.

In This Episode:

+Defining leadership

+Key leadership do’s and don’ts

+Leadership styles and approaches

+Leadership as an organization grows

Connect with IATS

IG: @industrialats (https://www.instagram.com/industrialats/ )

FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088074962711

Twitter: @industrialATS (https://x.com/IndustrialATS )

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/92426334/

@: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iatsofficial/posts/?feedView=all

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org

#ATCchat #ATtwitter #complicatedsimple #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #careeverywhere