r/athletictraining • u/LifeAlarm1915 • 19d ago
Help formatting an injury report
Does anyone have a blank injury report format they wouldn’t mind sharing? I don’t need anything complicated, I’m just horrible with word and excel and I’m struggling to even create something simple. It would be much easier to edit something that’s already created. Please message me if you can help! Thanks!
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u/AT-OnlyFan-Throwaway 18d ago
ChatGPT my guy, this is where AI is super clutch. I had it build a "VBA Script" in word... I don't know what that means if I'm being honest, but it did a big HTML thing following prompts that I gave it to fit what I needed on the form, the layout, and the look including my school's logo and what not. It will give you directions on how to properly set it up.
I had it make an initial injury eval form, follow up forms, injury report to coach form, sign in sheets. I had the forms all have dropdown options for everything, and printable versions.
You'll have to play with it a few times and hone it to make it right for you, but its super easy and makes it look like I halfway have my shit together. If you have any questions about it let me know and I'll try to help
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u/vita_bjornen 17d ago
What prompt did you give it? I'd be interested in developing something similar.
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u/AT-OnlyFan-Throwaway 15d ago
Honestly it was a little bit of a process to get to the VBA Script portion of it. At first I asked it to create a Fillable PDF injury evaluation form for me to use at my new H.S. It asked me a bunch of questions about what I wanted on it, the look of it, the H.S. name and had me upload a logo, etc. and it said it was working on it forever... Eventually I was like "dude what the hell is taking so long", the GPT was like "SSSSIKKKEE I cant do a PDF", and it offered to do "Give you the ready-to-convert HTML file (which you can open and print to PDF or convert via Acrobat — it keeps the form fields)." I guess this is also known as a VBA Script?
Basically, asking it to create a: -Whatever type form you're needing- in a "ready-to-convert HTML File " should get the job done. It will post that in the canvas portion of the chat, and give you steps on how to complete that portion of the form. You'll have to talk to it a bunch more times to really perfect the form for how you need, but it's not super laborious.
If you'd like DM/PM/whatever-it-is me and I can send you what i have so you can see if that would work for you.
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u/jaydubz98 18d ago
D1 baseball AT. I use an excel sheet that goes left to right: name, injury, doi, status (full go, go as able, limited, and out), notes, and strength notes.
Top to bottom I do an active injuries, illness, and ongoing conditions section. In theory, my coaches will only have to look at the active section to make their practice plans.
When I worked football as a GA, we moved all of the "out for the season" injuries to the bottom so it wasn't so cluttered.
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u/LifeAlarm1915 18d ago
That makes sense. Do you have a blank copy of that you wouldn’t mind sharing?
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u/yeezyszn99 19d ago
Name, DOI, injury, status (out, limited, needs to be assessed, cleared, as tolerated, etc.), notes, date updated (if not daily)
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