Arianne (Yates) Davis, M.Ed., ATC, LAT, an alumnus of the Athletic Training Education Program at Wilmington College where I served as program director and department chair during her studies was recently featured on page 44 in the February 2014 issue of NATA News — the official news magazine of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
Arianne obtained her Bachelor of Science degrees in both athletic training and sports management (wellness concentration) from Wilmington College, Ohio in 2002, and a Master of Education degree in health promotion and education (community health concentration) from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio in 2007.
During Arianne’s senior year at Wilmington, she and I collected data for a research question I had conceptualized regarding students’ professional skills and assessment. I wanted to know if the students’ blood pressure measurement skills were accurate well-after completing the lab-practical course where they had first learned to perform the skills. In order to find out, we randomly selected students who had been deemed proficient on this clinical skill and tested them. Our findings suggested that the research subjects selected were unable to manually discriminate an accurate reading when compared to the controls.
Our research was presented at the 2002 National Athletic Trainers’ Association clinical symposium held in Dallas, TX as shown below in the poster and conference proceedings abstract and acknowledgement.
It is always meaningful for faculty members to witness former students and advisees like Airanne leading active careers and fulfilling significant roles within both the profession and their local communities. Airanne is certainly one of those special former students who has, (and will continue) to make a positive difference in our world.
