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<\/p>\nIn January, the BOC launched the Pathfinder pilot, a platform that guides professional development and promotes learning. Pathfinder is slated to be part of the Continuing Professional Certification (CPC) program currently in development and it promotes all components of CPC: professionalism, continuing professional development and practice performance. This pilot, approved last year by the BOC Board of Directors, is an opportunity for Athletic Trainers (ATs) to test and provide feedback until Dec. 31, 2024.<\/p>\n
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Pathfinder is a technology platform with a personalized dashboard through which ATs will have the opportunity to share their professional goals and interests, quiz themselves with evidence-based challenge questions and customize a professional development path by building a personal timeline. The intuitive system will recommend and allow ATs to save personalized references and targeted continuing education (CE) programs from BOC Approved Providers.<\/p>\n
Ongoing participant feedback, as well as usage data, will be gathered and analyzed during this year-long pilot period to refine and finalize this platform, as appropriate. This is an important step in the creation of an interactive and individualized tool to drive an impactful CPC experience for ATs.<\/p>\n
The Pathfinder functionality of selecting targeted CE programs provides added exposure of BOC Approved Provider content to more than 3,000 pilot-enrolled ATs. An enhanced BOC Program Directory, an integral component of the Pathfinder pilot, was launched simultaneously.<\/p>\n
The Pathfinder tool provides ATs with several opportunities to engage with the new program directory and BOC Approved Provider listings within their personalized dashboard, as follows:<\/p>\n