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Athletic trainers are skilled healthcare professionals who work alongside physicians and other professionals to prevent, assess, diagnose and manage activity related conditions. Graduates work with amateur and professional athletes, as well as in hospitals, physician offices, sports medicine clinics, law enforcement, the military, athletics departments, performing arts, and occupational and industrial settings. Additional career options include product and pharmaceutical sales, healthcare company marketing, and clinic or hospital management. Some continue their education to become physicians, physician assistants, chiropractors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, surgical assistants and technicians, professors, educators, or researchers.