The King’s College Master of Science in Athletic Training Program provides students with an individualized, intellectual learning environment based in the liberal arts tradition. With an emphasis on critical thinking, interprofessional and collaborative practice skills, and patient-centered care, our students are prepared to become confident, skilled, and principled athletic trainers who practice based on current concepts and evidence.

Goals of the MSAT program are:

  1. Provide students with an individualized, intellectual learning environment based in the liberal arts tradition.
  2. Provide students with didactic education experiences that emphasized critical thinking, interprofessional education, patient-centered care, and current concepts and evidence.
  3. Provide students with clinical education experiences that emphasized critical thinking, interprofessional collaborative practice skills, patient-centered care, and current concepts and evidence.
  4. Prepare students to become confident, skilled, and principled athletic trainers.
  5. Prepare students to pass the Board of Certification Inc. (BOC) Exam

Program Outcomes

We exceed the national average for both first-time and overall pass rates on the Board of Certification Exam, which is proof that we prepare our graduates for success. We accomplish this in a variety of ways including:

  • Comprehensive reviews built into courses so that past material is connected to new material for reinforcement
  • Competency-based learning, in which students are taught in a step-wise progression, gaining and demonstrating mastery as they move through the program
  • Specific learning modules on test-taking skills to help students prepare to take standardized, computer-based tests
  • Use of official Board of Certification practice exams to help students identify areas in which they are strong and those in which they need improvement
  • Use of exam questions in AT Program courses that mimic the types of questions used in the Board of Certification exam