In part 2 of the season finale, Marty McNair describes who he tries to make sense of the factors that lead to the death of his son, Jordan; Andrew Isaacs draws on his experiences as an athlete, a coach, and now, an athletic director, to explain the differences in approaches to critical situations, particularly where there is an predictable increase in risk of harm. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Marty McNair and Andrew Isaacs sit down with Dr. Valentine and Dr. Holland for part 1 of the season finale to describe how the toxic culture, inside of a football program contributed to the death of Marty's son, Jordan, who suffered a heat stroke during team conditioning activities. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Valentine and Dr. Holland talk about going to national conventions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Lauren Pacinelli stops by to chat with Dr. Holland and Dr. Valentine to talk about the intersections between cannabis and athletes' wellness and physiology. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TopDAT's Literal #1 Fan, Aimee Mendoza, stops by to share the story of how she survived a horrific motor vehicle accident, and how her education as an athletic trainer helped her to understand what she needed to do to maximize her recovery from the injuries she sustained when her car plummeted off a mountain. You all HAVE to hear this one! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. V sits with Dr. H as he describes how he made a way for himself by adjusting his priorities as he learned subtle differences between what he wanted and what he needed; between his dream job and his dream lifestyle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Angelica McCarthy draws on her experience as an athletic trainer in the performing arts as she shares an incredible perspective on defining new spaces and opportunities to capitalize on a valuable skillset. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The TopDAT hosts sit down to have a fun conversation with a great group of athletic trainers from Medstar Health and learn about the roles, responsibilities, pros, and cons of working as physician extenders. Our guests share what a typical day at work in a doctor's office is like and how it differs from our more traditional settings of the sidelines and athletic training rooms. #TopDATPodcast #AthleticTraining #ProvidingCareEverywhere #OwnYourImpact #GetDattedUp #TheStJames #d3athletictrainers #MedStarHealth #Blackpodcasts #TheUnApologeticAT #TheUpLiftAT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Kendrick Ashton, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO of The St. James Sports, Wellness & Entertainment Complex in Springfield, VA, and his former athletic trainer, Mr. Steve Cole, MAATA President & Principal Agent of Cole Consultant Services, stop by to discuss how Steve saved Kendrick's life and what it was like to team up to overcome a rare, life-threatening condition in a quest to return to athletics. This story was so POWERFUL, that we just couldn't wait until Tuesday. Kendrick walks us through the details of his relationship with Steve as a player before the onset of symptoms, undercover the rare cause of these symptoms, and how Steve's unrelenting care and trust in Kendrick as a determined athlete helped him maintain his identity of being a college athlete. Steve describes building solid relationships with your patients, coaches, administrators, parents, local medical facilities, and community as the pillars of having a successful sports medicine program. Mr. Cole encourages clinicians to connect the dots with difficult situations, don't discount things because they are difficult to understand initially. Use the subjective data from your patient to determine what is working and what is not working to formulate a consistent plan of care. #TopDATPodcast #AthleticTraining #ProvidingCareEverywhere #OwnYourImpact #GetDattedUp #TheStJames #d3athletictrainers #MedStarHealth #Blackpodcasts #TheUnApologeticAT #TheUpLiftAT --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. H, and Dr. V sit down with two women in sports medicine who are changing the game.  Find out what it takes to be a MedStar employee from Kim Bosely, Regional Director of Athletic Training Services for MedStar Health.  Dr. Hudson weighs in with her foundational training in athletic training on what it's like to be a physician working as a part of the sports medicine team. #Womeninathletictraining #athletictraining #NATM #NATA #athletictrainingpodcasts #ownyourimpact #getdattedup #topdatpodcast #medstarhealth #providinghealthcareeverywhere --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app