Mini-Editorial Compilation for Special Section

Reply: Letter to the Editor

“…For clarity and simplicity, the Geisler et al paper 1 will be referred to as the evidence-based athletic training (EBAT) paper, whereas the McKeon et al paper 2 will be indicated as the knowledge paper. As the opening editorial 3 in that issue noted, the purpose of the journal's first special issue was to hear more voices and to spark greater insights from the professional body in hopes of initiating critical conversations concerning various professional and educational issues in the new master's transition era. Toward that goal, we also thank Drs Breitbach, Reeves, and Eliot for taking the initiative to continue critical conversations prompted by our call for an evidence-based athletic training and our largely discursive paper 2 regarding the nature and definition of athletic training's professional knowledge.…”