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Secondary School Education Series

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED .

Join us for the first annual UATA Secondary School Summer Education Series.

Come ready for Interactive CEU’s* on HOT TOPICS:

1. Understanding and actively participating in the wrestling weight management process

2. Interactive dermatology education concurrent with what you see during wrestling season

3. Hands-on heat illness practice complete with a standardized patient (a real live human being!) including rectal thermometry

When: Thursday, June 29, 2023, 8:00-3:00

Break for lunch included in time, however lunch will not be provided.

* Earn up to 5 Category A CEU’s

Where: University of Utah HPER WEST/Sorenson Building

Parking in the parking structure across the street from the Huntsman Center

Cost: *

UATA Members - $40

Non-UATA Members - $90

PREREGISTRATION ONLY

If you have your own rectal thermometer, please bring **NOT FOR LAB USE** but to more fully

examine and explore your personal device, to help prepare for your own heat related crisis

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” - Confucius

These courses were specifically designed with the HANDS-ON component to help the secondary

school athletic trainer practice skills to become more CONFIDENT and COMPETENT in domains that

not only make them more VALUABLE to their coaches and to their athletes but WILL SAVE LIVES.

Updates to Public Health Order and School Health Manual

Public Health Order (updated 2/24/21)

Updates to the School Health Manual include:

  • Updating the link to the school face mask order.

  • Adding stronger language so parents understand antibody tests and at-home PCR/antigen tests are NOT allowed for Test to Play or Test to Stay testing requirements.

  • Adding one-time extracurricular activities to the Test to Play section of the manual.

  • Clarifying that students who miss a required testing event may get tested at a different location/provider and what documentation is needed if this happens.

  • Test to Play results will NOT count toward the outbreak threshold.

  • Added a section about getting parental/guardian consent for testing.

  • Clarified that isolation begins the day a test was done and NOT when symptoms began for Test to Play and Test to Stay. In addition, the health department will determine the dates close contacts were exposed and when quarantine will begin/end.

  • Added a statement about overnight travel in the extracurricular activities section.

  • Removed the 10-day virtual or remote learning option when a school hits the outbreak threshold and replaced it with the following: "Offer rapid antigen testing for all students and staff, or Take other actions decided upon by the LEA to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 consistent with public health guidance."

  • Included the criteria in which a student can stay in-person learning even if they chose not to get tested as part of Test to Stay. Added 2 scenarios to help readers understand how these criteria work.

COVID-19 Resources for Secondary School Testing

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With changes coming down from the governor in high school activities, attached you will find helpful resources to help your school successfully follow the new guidelines in testing. We are grateful for the attendance in our zoom meeting this past week. Please remember that access to RedCap is alone available with school administrator approval. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Stay safe, UATA!

COVID-19 Resources