Summary: <br> APATS or <a href="https://www.apats.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Asia Pacific Athletic Trainer's Society</a> started in a hotel conference room when some ATs were trying to figure out the best way to help new Athletic Trainers get settled in Asia Pacific.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/APATS-Who-are-you.png"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> Our Guests<br> <br> <br> <br> Erick Chen spent time in China, working with Cirque De Soleil, and opened up a hospital rehabilitation clinic before moving back to the United States (just before COVID)<br> <br> <br> <br> Ngan "Nina" Chung is an Athletic Trainer at the Candian International School of Hong Kong.<br> <br> <br> <br> Share some of <a href="https://cdnis.edu.hk/ngan-chung" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">your story Ngan</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Born in China* Immigrated to the US* New Jersey became home* An internship in Asia* A collegiate AT back in the US.<br> <br> <br> <br> Erick share some of your expereince<br> <br> <br> <br> * SoCal growing up* Attended Fresno * Several different AT jobs in the states* Went to work with Cirqe in Macau* 8 Years at United Family Hospital* Now back a Los Angeles City College<br> <br> <br> <br> Struggles of working as an Athletic Trainer in Asia<br> <br> <br> <br> * Communicating and education are a huge piece of the puzzle for ATs in Asia Pacific* We have to tell people who we are, what we do, why we are important.* Creating the role from scratch* Literally no space or supplies for an AT Facility* The culture of traditional medicine<br> <br> <br> <br> How did you connect with other ATs in Asia<br> <br> <br> <br> We did not for a while. We were on our own.<br> <br> <br> <br> We decided we needed to team up to grow our profession and met up at a hotel and started APATS shortly after.<br> <br> <br> <br> Now we have the organization and social media.<br> <br> <br> <br> What are the goals?<br> <br> <br> <br> * Community* Improve the CLinician* Improve the Community buy-in<br> <br> <br> <br> Where should we go to learn more?<br> <br> <br> <br> * Website- <a href="https://www.apats.org/">https://www.apats.org/</a>* Facebook- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/APATSociety/">https://www.facebook.com/APATSociety/</a>* IG- <a href="https://instagram.com/apatsociety?utm_medium=copy_link">https://instagram.com/apatsociety</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PT_continued_logo.png"></a><a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/1freecourse" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/1freecourse</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
