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Category: UW Health Athletic Training Residency

Qualifications and application materials

The UW Health Athletic Training Residency Program prepares the athletic trainer to be a complete and versatile health care provider within the orthopedic clinic setting.

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree with 1-2 years of Experience as a Certified Athletic Trainer Preferred
  • Board of Certification (BOC) certification
  • CPR/AED certification
  • NPI number
  • Eligible for State of Wisconsin Athletic Training License

Application requirements and selection process

All candidates are required to complete an on-line application via UW Health Careers site. Please select “Apply now” button.

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Application requirements

  1. Resume/Curriculum Vitae
  2. Letter of Intent (must include decision to pursue residency program and future career goals)
  3. Three professional letters of recommendation

Letters of recommendation may be submitted directly by the candidate or sent directly to Program Director Maria Kostichka

Email: mkostichka@uwhealth.org

Or by U.S. mail:
Maria Kostichka
UW Health Sports Medicine
621 Science Dr.
Madison, WI 53711

Application Deadline: March 14, 2025

Selection process

Once complete applications are received:

  1. Select candidates will be contacted for a phone interview.
  2. Qualified candidates will then be selected for mandatory, virtual group interviews.
  3. Final decisions will be made by the end of April and all candidates will be contacted.

Residency program costs

  • State of Wisconsin license
  • BOC maintenance fees
  • OTC exam registration (reimbursed after successful completion of exam)
  • Housing
  • Travel from home to clinical sites
  • Parking at select clinical locations

Scholarships are not offered as part of the UW Health Athletic Training Residency Program.

Program goals and outcomes

Residency program goals

The UW Health Athletic Training Residency Program seeks to:

  • Provide athletic trainers with a comprehensive 12-month residency with didactic, scholarly and clinical experiences within the orthopedic setting.
  • Prepare athletic training residents to participate as versatile members of a health care team within the orthopedic setting through the application of advanced knowledge and skills.
  • To develop athletic training professionals who apply their advanced knowledge in employment settings consistent with their residency training.

Resident learning outcomes

UW Health Athletic Training Residents will:

  • Demonstrate advanced knowledge beyond their initial professional preparation within the orthopedic setting.
  • Apply the ACGME Core Competencies to professional practice:
    • Employ patient-centered care and procedural skills
    • Apply advanced medical knowledge
    • Reflect for the purpose of practice-based learning and quality improvement
    • Enhance interpersonal and communication skills
    • Exhibit commitment to professional conduct
    • Demonstrate awareness to system-based practice
  • Demonstrate competence through successful completion of the orthopedic technologist exam.
  • Prepare and present scholarly work in an interdisciplinary educational forum.

Goal: To develop athletic training professionals who apply their advanced knowledge in employment settings consistent with their residency training.

Performance indicators: 80% of residents will work in an employment setting consistent with their residency training 6 months post-program completion.

UW Health Athletic Training Residency Program aggregate data (2020-2023)

  • Completion rate: 100%
  • Employment rate: 100%; employed in the clinical setting
  • Retention rate: NA; 12-month program
Residency YearNumber of ResidentsCompletion RateEmployment RateRetention Rate
2020-20212100%100%NA
2021-20222100%100%NA
2022-20232100%100%NA

Program accreditation information and outcomes

Program calendar

July and August (Orientation)

  • University Hospital orientation
  • UW Health Athletic Training Residency orientation
  • Sports medicine and orthopedics clinical training

August and September (Primary care sports medicine and pediatric orthopedics focus)

  • Clinical responsibilities
  • Casting and splinting application training
  • Casting/Orthotics/DME
  • Friday morning conference attendance

October to December (Knee and shoulder surgical focus)

  • Clinical responsibilities
  • Musculoskeletal radiology
  • Friday morning conference attendance
  • Casting/Orthotics/DME
  • Orthopedic Technician Certification examination (November)
  • Case study presentation — UW Sports Medicine Education Forum (October)

January to March (Foot and ankle focus)

  • Clinical responsibilities
  • Musculoskeletal radiology
  • Surgical rotation
  • Friday morning conference attendance

April and May (Hip preservation focus)

  • Clinical responsibilities
  • Musculoskeletal radiology
  • Surgical rotation
  • Friday morning conference attendance
  • Administrative meetings
  • Case study presentation — UW Sports Medicine Education Forum (April)

June and July (Elective focus)

  • Clinical responsibilities
  • Surgical rotation
  • Friday morning conference attendance
  • Job search

Athletic training resident sample week schedule (October)

 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
AMClinical: Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician ClinicOR observation: Knee/shoulder surgeonStaff meeting

Clinical: Surgeon Clinic (knee)		Mid-rotation meeting

Sports rehab observation: ACL progressive testing		Sports Medicine Friday morning conference

Clinical: Primary Care Sports Medicine Physician Clinic
PMClinical: Surgeon Clinic (knee)OR observation: Knee/shoulder surgeonEducation forum: Case prepClinical: Surgeon Clinic (knee/shoulder)MSK Radiology: MSK US Procedures

UW Health Athletic Training Residency

Description

The UW Health Sports Medicine program offers a 12-month athletic training residency that is designed to provide the athletic trainer with a breadth of experience in the sports medicine clinical setting. Our clinical area of focus is orthopedics.

Two athletic training residents will be accepted annually for the UW Health Athletic Training Residency Program.

Each athletic training resident will be provided with rotation-specific competencies and objectives he/she will be required to meet throughout the course of the residency experience.

Clinical rotations/Area of focus

  • Primary care sports medicine
  • Orthopedic knee and shoulder
  • Hip preservation
  • Total joint replacement
  • Orthopedic foot and ankle
  • Pediatric orthopedics
  • Elective

In addition to the clinical rotations, the athletic training residents will be active participants in learning. Each athletic training resident is expected to:

  • Participate in intra-departmental educational programming by delivering two educational presentations throughout the residency program
  • Observe readings of various imaging (x-rays, MRI, CT) and administration of US/Fluoro-guided procedures in Musculoskeletal Radiology
  • Observe and scrub-in with orthopedic surgeons in the outpatient operating room
  • Attend pre-, mid- and final rotation meetings with assigned focus area preceptors
  • Perform a self-assessment, seek constructive feedback and utilize feedback to modify the behavior
  • Participate in athletic training residency program review and development

Accreditation

CAATE Accredited Program

The UW Health Sports Medicine Athletic Training Residency Program has been granted continued accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The program’s next comprehensive review, including a self-study and on-site review, is scheduled to occur during the 2033-2034 academic year.

Learn more

Policy and procedure manual

Policy and procedure manual (pdf)

More information

Program Director
Maria Kostichka
mkostichka@uwhealth.org
(608) 890-7502

UW Health Sports Medicine

UW Health Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine