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Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) Summer Institute

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Summer Institute

The July Summer Institute brings students and world-class faculty together in Â鶹¹û¶³â€™s industry-leading Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center for a week-long conference-style learning opportunity. Students expand upon content learned throughout the previous academic year with guidance from some of the profession’s foremost experts. These hands-on sessions will allow students to develop and perfect clinical skills in areas including manual therapy, advanced modalities, IVs, injections, suturing, casting, and more. 

Students must complete two Summer Institutes.  One Summer Institute must be completed in an odd year, the other in an even year.  Students who begin the program in May are not eligible for the Summer Institute that year.

The 2026 Summer Institute will be held July 13-17, 2026

Content includes:

  • 10 hours of upper extremity manual therapy with Dr. James Scifers
  • 4 hours of upper and lower extremity casting with Dr. David Wilkenfeld and ATs in Physician Practice Settings
  • 2 hours of IVs and injections/medication administration with Dr. Ellen Payne and local EMTs and paramedics
  • 6 hours of Mental Health First Aid (including certification) with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski
  • 2 hours of suturing techniques with Dr. David Wilkenfeld and ATs in Physician Practice Settings
  • 2 hours of musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski
  • 10 hours of advanced airway techniques, spinal motion restriction techniques, advanced splinting techniques, cardiorespiratory simulations, and mass casualty incident simulations with Dr. Ellen Payne and local EMTs and paramedics

The 2027 Summer Institute will be held July 12-16, 2027

Content includes:

  • 8 hours of spine and sacroiliac evaluation and management with Dr. James Scifers
  • 10 hours of manual therapy techniques for the upper extremity and spine with Dr. James Scifers
  • 8 hours of upper extremity evaluation and management with Dr. Aaron Sciascia
  • 2 hours of advanced concussion evaluation with Dr. Ashley Santo
  • 4 hours of performing arts medicine with Dr. David Wilkenfeld
  • 4 hours of advanced therapeutic modalities with Dr. Jennifer Ostrowski

Doctor of Athletic Training (DAT) | Summer Institute

 
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You learn so many skills in Moravian's Summer Institute and get access to modalities you’ve never touched before. It’s an invaluable opportunity. A lot of the hands-on and applicable material we were taught, I use on a regular basis because it has tangible outcomes in addition to the other skillsets I have, so I make drastic improvements.â€

—Brittany Braun DAT/MBA ’26
Tactical Athletic Trainer for the US Navy
 

Nearby Airports

Lehigh Valley International (ABE) - 5 minutes from campus
Philadelphia International (PHL) - 75 minutes from campus
Newark International (EWR) - 60 minutes from campus
Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN) - 75 minutes from campus

Local Lodging

  • The current rate for summer lodging is $160/week (Sunday-Friday) or $169/week (Sunday-Saturday or Saturday-Friday). This includes a single bedroom, in a 4-person unit, with access to a kitchen.
  • Housing will provide the following:
    • 2 flat sheets
    • 1 pillow
    • 1 pillowcase
    • 3 towels
    • 1 washcloth

 Hotel Bethlehem

 Hyatt Place Bethlehem Hotel

 Holiday Inn Express