Map Every Stage of Your Career

A Guided Map for Every Stage of Your Athletic Training Career

The BOC Athletic Training Pathfinder Program isn’t just a concept, it’s a tool designed to help athletic trainers navigate their professional journey with confidence and direction.

Here’s how it works:

1. Self-Assessment

Athletic trainers begin by identifying where they are in their professional journey, from entry-level clinician to advanced practice or leadership. The Pathfinder helps you recognize your current competencies and areas for growth.

2. Explore Career Pathways

The program outlines multiple professional trajectories within and beyond traditional settings (clinical, academic, administrative, entrepreneurial, and more) showing how each path aligns with evolving healthcare needs.

3. Competency Alignment

Each pathway includes a framework of competencies and skills tied to your stage of practice. This ensures you can see what’s next — and what development, education, or certification might help you get there.

4. Professional Planning

With this roadmap, ATs can create actionable professional development plans — setting goals, identifying mentors, and strategically pursuing opportunities that align with their long-term vision.

The result?

A customized professional journey that empowers athletic trainers to advance intentionally, not by chance.

Because when we define our own path, we define the future of our profession.