Interview summary

I interviewed Lara Pro who is a graduate from Louisville that studied exercise science and now an athletic and personal trainer. I asked her what were the different kinds of writings that required for her profession and she said; research projects, reflective papers, advocacy papers, summary papers, and some medical notes of injured patients.She also told me that advertising is huge for yourself. Its not a usual type of writing but you have to sell yourself, your knowledge, and your skills to get patients in order to make your earnings. I asked her what the difference was in writing for a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and a Doctorate? She told me that the style of writing at a graduate level is different. When research papers are done as a graduate you have to support ideas without using your own opinion. Sophisticated language and grammar must be used and APA format is required. Also in these research papers you must use multiple, correct sources not using the internet. She said to be to the point and not drag ideas out, be straight to the point .Another question I asked her was if she had any tips or guidelines for writing in this profession? She told me that accuracy is very important and that you need to know your sources, write more than one draft ALWAYS and make sure you have correct language and grammar. The last question I asked her was is writing in exercise science different from writing in other fields and she said that it's a lot like other writings but she said every field has a different goal to reach in their curriculum. As an athletic trainer you do have to diagnose which means you have to review injuries and write up plans, which can be a different type of writing from other fields.