Apr. 15, 2024
Changes to CAATE Residency and Fellowship Standards
Standard 18: The program director is a full-time employee of the sponsoring organization. The program
director’s experience and qualifications must include the following:
• An earned post-baccalaureate degree
• Content expertise in the specialty area
• Certification and in good standing with the Board of Certification
• Current state athletic training credential and in good standing with the state regulatory agency in the
state in which the program is housed (in states with regulation)
• Verified NPI number with appropriate healthcare field designation
• Engages in scholarship
• Currently practicing clinically Engaged clinically within the specialty area
• Must be active at local, state, regional, and/or national levels
Annotation: The program director is engaged clinically in direct patient care a minimum 8 hours/week in
the specialty area.
How to Address This Standard
• Describe how the program director is engaged clinically a minimum of 8 hours per week in the specialty
area
• Demonstrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities within the specialty area
Changes:
*Standard: Replaced clinically practicing with engaged clinically.
*Annotation: Deleted the Annotation
*How to Address: Deleted “a minimum of 8 hours per week.”
Glossary: Added the definition for engaged clinically.
Engaged clinically: Facilitating the learning experiences of residents/fellows via mechanisms such as, but
not limited to: direct patient care, clinical mentoring, or clinical research/scholarship activities.
Approved by the Commission April 9, 2024.