NAP Athletic Training Academy

📢Check out the King's College Mass Casualty Incident Simulation - and they made the local news. 📢

Not only was it health professions students and area practitioners, it also included campus and city law enforcement, healthcare administration, criminal justice, social work, and local health system executives. The AT students were the first responders and those that met the victims at the entrance of the ER. They also utilized our theater students as the actors/actresses for an interdisciplinary event.

Congratulations to our very own AT Academy members, Laura Kunkel and Kevin Schroeder, who were honored as Distinguished Fellows this week at the Texas IPE Consortium. Thank you for your dedication to Interprofessional Education and Practice! 👏

Students from the Department of Health Professions and College of Health and Behavioral Studies at James Madison University participated in the 7th Annual IPE Case Study on March 7, 2026. The purpose of this interprofessional learning activity is for students to learn about the roles and responsibilities of each profession through communicating as a team and prioritizing the care for a shared patient.

Students are assigned to a specific table, ensuring representation of each healthcare discipline (Athletic Training, Dietetics, Health Services Administration, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Nursing, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology).

Facilitators guide students in exploring each's roles and responsibilities as they progress through a patient SimNovation, a simulation modality that progresses through a series of pre-recorded simulations.

Big transitions for the AT Academy! 💙💛

Yesterday we celebrated Dr. Sarah Manspeaker for her incredible service as the AT Academy Chair. This morning, our new Executive Committee hit the ground running to support and elevate AT and IPE.

Thrilled to be moving ahead with leaders like Laura Kunkel (Chair), Rachel Johnson Krug (Chair‑Elect), and Chris O’Brien (Secretary/Treasurer)! 🚀