APATS or Asia Pacific Athletic Trainer's Society 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.







Our Guests



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)



Ngan "Nina" Chung is an Athletic Trainer at the Candian International School of Hong Kong.



Share some of your story Ngan



Born in ChinaImmigrated to the USNew Jersey became homeAn internship in AsiaA collegiate AT back in the US.



Erick share some of your expereince



SoCal growing upAttended Fresno Several different AT jobs in the statesWent to work with Cirqe in Macau8 Years at United Family HospitalNow back a Los Angeles City College



Struggles of working as an Athletic Trainer in Asia



Communicating and education are a huge piece of the puzzle for ATs in Asia PacificWe have to tell people who we are, what we do, why we are important.Creating the role from scratchLiterally no space or supplies for an AT FacilityThe culture of traditional medicine



How did you connect with other ATs in Asia



We did not for a while. We were on our own.



We decided we needed to team up to grow our profession and met up at a hotel and started APATS shortly after.



Now we have the organization and social media.



What are the goals?



CommunityImprove the CLinicianImprove the Community buy-in



Where should we go to learn more?



Website- https://www.apats.org/Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/APATSociety/IG- https://instagram.com/apatsociety









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