Ep. 189: Access Nourishment-Dr. Shelby Gonser & Louise Shines

Access Nourishment started as a school project and quickly evolved into a calling that could be something more. Dr. Shelby Gonser and Louise Shines connected on the project and while they both took slightly different angles to the impact nutrition can have, both of them benefit ATs and the patients they care for. 

In this episode, we hear the story of how Access Nourishment got started.  Shelby and Louise share each of their passions around nutrition and how eating “healthy” as an AT isn’t always easy and being able to provide good nutritional information to patients can be challenging. In the discussion they discuss what they have found so far and what resources they are hoping to put together to grow Access Nourishment to the benefit of everyone. Check it out.

In this Episode

+Understanding food insecurity 

+How Access Nourishment got started

+Eating “Healthy” on a budget

+Cultural and religious considerations

+Creating a hub of research information

Connect with Shelby and Louise

+IG: @accessnourishment1 (https://www.instagram.com/accessnourishment1/ )

+www: https://accessnourishment.wixsite.com/access-nourishment-1 

+AccessNourishment@outlook.com

Shelby

+IG: @shelby.gonser7 (https://www.instagram.com/shelby.gonser7/)

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 188: Ashley Aucutt-AT Advocacy: A Student's Perspective

Ashley is in her first year of the MSAT program and Eastern Washington University but has been around and involved in athletic training for almost 8 years leading up to actually being in the program. Ashley got involved early in the profession in high school and stayed connected with it ever since. She shares about how she discovered the profession and how the time spent around it, cemented the idea that she wanted to do it for a career.

We also discuss advocacy work around athletic training and what she has done and seen to be the most effective in her time prior to being a student and as well as the time in the MSAT. For being just in the start of her education and career, Ashley is making an impact and doing so many amazing things for the profession and building a foundation for making an impact in the future. Please enjoy.

In this Episode

+Career planning for athletic training

+Networking as an athletic training student

+Advocacy in athletic training-a students perspective

+A focus on governmental affairs

Connect with Ashley

Twitter: @AucuttAshley (https://x.com/AucuttAshley )

IG: @a.on.the.sideline (https://www.instagram.com/a.on.the.sideline/ ) or @ashleyaucutt (https://www.instagram.com/ashleyaucutt/ )

FB: Ashley Ryan Aucutt

TikTok: @a.on.the.sideline or @ashleyaucutt

@: ashley2ryan@gmail.com  or aaucutt1@ewu.edu 

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 187: Dr. Andrew Winterstein-Lessons in Leadership: A Career in Athletic Training

 Dr. Andrew Winterstein recently retired from a career in athletics and education. Throughout his career he has seen almost all of it and experienced and participated in major changes within the athletic training profession. 

In this episode, we discuss the changes in AT education and its current state and where Dr. Winterstein sees it going in the future. Beyond just the educating aspect of his career, Dr. Winterstein has also focused on leadership and development and we discuss his own leadership philosophy and how he has evolved it over time. 

Dr. Winterstein was also a co-founder of the AATE and he discusses how the association came to be and how it was such a great collection of people focused on making a positive impact on the educational side of athletic training. 

This was a special episode for me as Dr. Winterstein was my program director and it was great to catch up and have the conversation. Enjoy.

In this Episode

+Changes in AT education. Driving large scale change.

+Current and future AT education

+Leadership throughout his career and lessons learned. Positive deviance.

+”Experience is the greatest teacher, but the fees are high.”

+History of the AATE

Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.-Seth Godin

Connect with Dr. Winterstein

IG: @apwinter12 (https://www.instagram.com/apwinter12/ )

IG: @uwmadison_msat (https://www.instagram.com/uwmadison_msat/ )

@: andrew.winterstein@wisc.edu

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 186: Industrial Athletic Trainers' Society-VNS 2025. A Leadership Discussion

We were fortunate enough to join the IATS VNS for 2025 to wrap up a wonderful day of education and connecting with ATs across the industrial setting. 

In this discussion, IATS president Susan Taah and ATChat host, Joel Luedke, discuss their views on leadership, what it is and is not, and how they have implemented it in their own careers. Susan gets deep into how she has handled her leadership role within the IATS and how she tried to keep that balanced as they continue to grow. Joel drops in a few ideas from his leadership reading to add to the discussion. Check it out.

In This Episode:

+Defining leadership

+Key leadership do’s and don’ts

+Leadership styles and approaches

+Leadership as an organization grows

Connect with Tristin

IG: @industrialats (https://www.instagram.com/industrialats/ )

FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088074962711 

Twitter: @industrialATS (https://x.com/IndustrialATS )

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/92426334/ 

@: https://www.linkedin.com/company/iatsofficial/posts/?feedView=all 

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 185: Tristin Gless-Stronger Than the Tape

In our second installment of the AT Student Series we talk with Tristin Gless who is a first year AT student at Michigan State University. Tristin shares her story on how she discovered athletic training and it isn’t your “usual” path of getting injured or having a lot of exposure to athletic training prior to college.

Tristin shares what she had learned so far, some surprises along the way and the experience of being a female working with male athletes. In addition, Tristin shares her future plans and how she sees the profession advancing in the future and what she thinks can help the profession continue to grow.

In This Episode:

+Discovering AT while watching football and Googling who ran onto the field

+Planning undergrad to apply to graduate school

+Biggest surprise so far in AT experience

+Being a female working in men’s sports

Connect with Tristin

IG: tristin.adele (https://www.instagram.com/tristin.adele/ )

FB: Tristin Gless (https://www.facebook.com/tristin.gless )

@: glesstri@msu.edu

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 184: Izzy Lampre-Discovering Athletic Training…Literally.

This is our first installment of our ongoing Student Series. Izzy Lampre, a MSAT student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reached out (Thank You) to share her story of becoming an athletic trainer. It was a highly unique story and it was awesome to get to hear it.

Izzy came from Australia to swim for the Badgers and in the process had amazing interactions with her athletic trainer and as she worked with them, she discovered what the profession was and that it might be a part of her future. She decided to apply for the MSAT and is graduating this spring. In addition to her school work she is also serving on the NATA Student Leadership committee and getting involved in service. Izzy has a great story and we hope you enjoy it.

In This Episode:

+Coming other the United States as a student-athlete

+Initial experiences with an athletic train and building a relationship

+Athletic training advocacy

+Choosing athletic training over other professions

+NATA Student Leadership Committee

>Changes in the student aspect of the NATA convention

Connect with Izzy

+Instagram: @izzylampre (https://www.instagram.com/izzylampre/ )

+LinkedIn: Izzy Lampre (https://www.linkedin.com/in/izzy-lampre-161bab211/ )

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

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Ep. 183: Allen Thompson-AT Expansion

Allen reached out to us and wanted to share his experiences in the expansion of the athletic training profession and how many avenues our skillset can take us to make an impact on patients lives.

Allen has done so much in his career from working in collegiate and professional sports, to the industrial setting and now in the workers compensation world of healthcare. He shares what he has learned along the way and how the has found new avenues to increase his skillset and ultimately his value when it comes to patient care and utilizing a variety of skills across the profession.

If you’re not content with where you are at currently in your career, this is a great episode to highlight all the other things you could do in your career and find fulfillment along the way.

Thanks Allen for reaching out and connecting. Can’t wait to do it in person.

In This Episode:

+Life and career changes

+Working in the workers compensation industry

+ICD-10 and medical coding/billing

+Getting involved to make a change

+Judiscious vs. judicial in your work

+Perspective on NATA

Connect with Allen Thompson

@: Allen@steadpoint.com

@: athompstl@yahoo.com

Instagram: @athomstl_ergoatc LINK https://www.instagram.com/athomstl_ergoatc/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-thompson-ms-atc-cae-aoeas-18a36474/ 

662.617.5611 

www.athletictrainingchat.com

www.cliniallypressed.org 

#ATCchat #ATtwitter #complicatedsimple #atimpact #at4all #nata #boc #bocatc #athletictraining #athletictrainingchat #health #medicine #medical #careeverywhere