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Questions concerning the 4th edition matrix/competencies should be submitted to: nataec@byu.edu. The NATA Professional Education Committee and CAATE will review your question and send you a response.

Before submitting your question, please check the Matrix/Competencies Question and Answer section below to see if your question has previously been addressed.

Matrix/Competencies Questions & Answers

Q1. Is the correct interpretation of the matrix that we can only have two columns completed for the cognitive and psychomotor with one column for the proficiency?

Q2. There are several items that appear in the matrix that do not appear in the hard copy of the competencies. For example, in the hard copy, Conditioning and Rehabilitative Exercise has one clinical proficiency. In the matrix, there are 49 individual proficiencies. Why is the matrix so different from the hard copy?

Q3. In the hard copy of the 4th edition competencies, cognitive competency #9 under Conditioning and Rehabilitative Exercise is missing, but is listed in the matrix. Which one is correct?

Q4. In the comparison tables for the 3rd and 4th editions of the competencies, what does the small “p” stand for after some numbers?

Q5. I’ve noticed several cells that are filled with “x’s.” What is the purpose?

Q6. May psychomotor competencies continue to be introduced and evaluated in more than one course throughout the curriculum?

Q7. Regarding the citation of Standard IIA2b, is it possible for a program to initially introduce and assess a psychomotor competency at the beginning of a semester and perform the reassessment later in the same semester or must a full semester intervene between the two? What would be considered a “full semester?”