Session 138 (March 2024): WFATT Impact Award Winner - Jim Mensch

WFATT Impact Award Winners Series, Part 2 of 5:
Award Winner: Jim Mensch, PhD, ATC
Dr Mensch is Director of the Professional Athletic Training Program and teaches classes in the AT program and EXSC Department at the University of South Carolina. Mensch's research interests are in pediatric sports medicine and socialization of athletic training professionals into the workforce, specifically non-traditional settings. Dr. Mensch has several current projects related to sports medicine care and epidemiological research in youth sport athletes.

Nominator: Zachary Winkelmann, Ph.D., SCAT, ATC
Dr. Winkelmann teaches within the professional and post-professional athletic training program. He uses simulation, standardized patients, and case-based learning to develop athletic trainers in his courses.