Athletic Therapy
Athletic Therapists are highly skilled health care practitioners that provide immediate treatment to musculoskeletal injures and apply rehabilitation techniques to ensure a rapid return to work and play. Certified Athletic Therapists employ a sports medicine model of rehabilitation to offer accelerated rehabilitation to physical injuries incurred from sports, recreation, daily activities or occupation. The Certified Athletic Therapist must present current malpractice insurance and annual documentation demonstrating continued professional development to maintain a status of “good standing” with the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association.
Camosun College BAET Program
The Bachelor of Athletic and Exercise Therapy (BAET) is a four year degree program aimed at the prevention, immediate care, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries, and the prevention and management of hypokinetic diseases.
The BAET program is both innovative and unique, combining two traditionally exclusive disciplines: athletic therapy and exercise therapy into one comprehensive curriculum. Through extensive clinical and fieldwork experiences, you'll gain the theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and prerequisites necessary to seek designation as Certified Exercise Physiologist™ with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP). Our accreditation from the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association (CATA) provides you with the opportunity to become Certified Athletic Therapists.
You'll be addressing the design and application of conditioning and rehabilitation programs that enables injured and unhealthy people to return to an active lifestyle. You'll also gain the knowledge and advanced skills in athletic and exercise therapy, exercise science, and business skills to operate a successful practice.
When you graduate you'll work with athletes and physically active people to prevent and manage their injuries. You'll also work with people who have conditions and illnesses which have been the result of an inactive lifestyle (such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and obesity).
Career opportunities
· Hospitals
· Athletic and exercise therapy clinics
· Schools
· Physician offices
· Physical therapy clinics
· Community based rehabilitation programs
· Occupational and industrial settings
· Professional sports team
· Sports medicine clinics.
Baet Contact
Kristal Anderson, PhD Candidate, CEP
Chair, Exercise & Science Dept.
P: (250)220-2564
Connie Klassen, MSc, CAT(C)
Program Leader, Bachelor of Athletic & Exercise Therapy (BAET)
P: (250)220-2568
Charity Calder, BA, MCE
Program Assistant, Exercise & Science
P: (250)220-2566
Mailing Address
Bachelor of Athletic & Exercise Therapy
Camosun College, Interurban Campus
Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence
4371 Interurban Rd
Victoria, BC V9E 2C5