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Careers In Athletic Training

An overview of the Athletic Training profession(s) including aspects of professional practice, areas of specialization, professional issues and trends, and career paths and opportunities. The course will consist of assignments, lectures and interactive discussions led by faculty and visiting professionals designed to expand students' understanding of the profession(s) and to assist in educational and career planning and discernment.

Foundations In Athletic Training

This three credit course will cover topics diverse in nature to ensure foundational preparation for athletic training students in their subsequent coursework and clinical experiences. Topics introduced in this course will include: interprofessional practice; laws, regulations, and rules that guide athletic training practice; effective communication strategies; cultural competency; basic injury prevention techniques; and an introduction to healthcare informatics.

Musculoskeletal Anatomical Dissection

This is a course designed for students pursuing certification as an Athletic Trainer or a similar professional license in a health care profession that requires the ability to understand, recognize and manage musculoskeletal injuries. This is the first course in a sequence of courses that focus on sports injury assessment and recognition, and is a 3-credit cadaver anatomy course, which will include dissection and examination of the human cadaver. Lecture and laboratory experiences will emphasize the various systems of the body with reference to athletic injury mechanism and evaluation.

Found And Patho Msk-I

This is a 3 credit course designed for students pursuing a certification in Athletic Training or a similar professional license in health care professions that requires the ability to perform musculoskeletal assessment and management of injuries to the various systems of the human body. This is part of a sequence of anatomy and physiology of human body systems courses that focus on normal and disrupted structures involved in sports injuries.

Life-Threatening & Emergency Conditions

This is a course designed for students pursuing certification as an Athletic Trainer or a similar professional license in a health care profession that requires the ability to understand, recognize and manage life-threatening and emergency conditions. This is part of a sequence of courses that focus on sports injury assessment and recognition. The overall objectives are for the students to provide foundational and conceptual information for the body systems most commonly involved in emergency conditions during physical activity including endocrine, cardiovascular and neurological.

Clin Int II: Upper Ext Assessment & Mgmt

This is a course designed for students pursuing a certification in Athletic Training. This is part of a sequence of courses that provides a review of clinical skills in the classroom. The overall objective of this course sequence is to integrate clinical skills into clinical experiences, while emphasizing clinical decision making. The student will be required to demonstrate proficiency in competencies specific to the semester content, as well as evaluated on practical examinations.

Cl In III: Asmt & Mgmt Th & Em Con Ph Ac

This is a course designed for students pursuing a certification in Athletic Training. This is part of a sequence of courses that provides a review of clinical skills in the classroom. The overall objective of this course sequence is to integrate clinical skills into clinical experiences, while emphasizing clinical decision making. The student will be required to demonstrate proficiency in competencies specific to the semester content, as well as evaluated on practical examinations.

Clin Ed In At-Iii

This is a 4-credit practicum course designed for students pursuing a certification in Athletic Training. This is the third course in a series of courses that combines supervised field experience with review of clinical skills from the classroom. The students will complete an immersive experience during this semester. Students will integrate didactic knowledge and clinical skills from previous coursework in to the clinical experience, specifically upper extremity evaluation, upper extremity rehabilitation and emergency management.

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