Janet Olsen
Janet Olsen
Title: Athletic Trainer
Phone: (949) 451-5373
Email: jolsen@ivc.edu
 
EDUCATION and BACKGROUND 
 
Janet Olsen earned her BS in Athletic Training from CSU Sacramento and holds teaching credentials in Physical Education and Biology. Her 12 years' experience in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic led to her current position as the Head Certified Athletic Trainer at Irvine Valley College where she have been a faculty member for the Sports Medicine and Fitness Certificate programs since 1990.

Olsen was first drawn to sports medicine during her 10 years as a competitive gymnast at the club and collegiate levels. She was named an All-American gymnast in 1980. Olsen was honored to serve as a Staff Athletic Trainer at the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships and 2004 U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials. 

IVC EXPERIENCE 

Olsen currently teach KNES-85 Introduction to Athletic Training, as well as three classes of Sports Medicine Internships, KNES-212, KNES-213 and KNES-214. In her 25-plus years at IVC, Olsen has enjoyed mentoring more than 200 athletic training, physical therapy and fitness industry internship students as they learned alongside her in the athletic training clinic and classroom. 

She has been enriched over the years by working closely with talented coaches, driven athletes across a variety of sports, and being present when IVC teams captured numerous State Championships. As an Athletic Trainer, she has seen Irvine Valley student-athletes at their highs and lows, and watched them struggle with injury and triumph through adversity. She says that their uplifting victories have lifted her up, as well.   

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS 

As an active member of the National Athletic Trainers Assn (NATA), College Athletic Trainers Society (CATS), California Athletic Trainers Assn (CATA), and the California Community College Athletic Trainers Assn (CCCATA), Olsen consistently attends numerous athletic training symposiums and conferences to ensure incorporation of the most up-to-date research in lectures and labs, as well in practice at the IVC athletic training clinic.   

Olsen received the ImPACT Concussion-Trained Athletic Trainer Certification (ITAT), and she holds certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS) and First Aid.  

In conjunction with the National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA), Olsen authored a successful on-line Sports Injury Specialist Certification home study course.

 

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