Webinar Topic
Psychologically informed practice is an approach to patient management that encourages clinicians treat patients from a biopsychosocial perspective and can be adopted by Athletic Therapists to manage sport-related injuries.
This webinar will explore the principles of psychologically informed practice, recommendations on psychological interventions that can be integrated to enhance patient outcomes, and how to effectively refer a patient to an appropriate mental health professional.
Speaker
Shelby Baez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and Director of the Psychology of Sport Injury Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Baez is a certified and licensed athletic trainer with expertise in the psychology of sport injury and an approved non-certified mentor for aspiring certified mental performance consultants through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). She has received several related awards for her work over the past four years including the AASP Doctoral Dissertation Award, American College of Sports Medicine New Investigator Award, and the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Research and Education Foundation New Investigator Award.