USAFAI41-202 governs athletic training services at the United States Air Force Academy, including oversight, functional control, and healthcare standards.
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It defines athletic trainers’ clinical role, assigns medical oversight duties, and sets core capability assessment requirements. It requires training and competency documentation and addresses advanced capabilities such as orthotics, braces, and radiography.
Applies to: This instruction applies to all active duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve, USAFA Cadets and civilian medical components when and where USAFA events occur.
Athletic training services provided to cadet and cadet candidate athletes by the Athletic Departments of USAFA and the USAFA Preparatory School will be done so in collaboration with 10th Medical Group (10 MDG) and under the clinical oversight of the USAFA/SG. (paragraph 1)
USAFA Executive Director, Air Force Athletics (AD-26, USAFA/AD), or the senior government official assigned to oversee inherently governmental responsibilities, ensures autonomous authority for health care providers to appropriately determine medical management and return to play of cadets. (paragraph 2)
In accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) and Air Force policy, ATs are currently credentialed non-privileged providers. (paragraph 2)
At initial assessment, then after the first 12 months and then every 24 months thereafter, the Physician Supervisor and ATPC must assess the skills of each AT through, but not limited to, peer review records review, practice patterns/trends analysis, and random direct oversight. (paragraph 2)
All training must be clearly documented and updated as new or recurrent training occurs within each respective AT competency folder. (paragraph 2)