2015-2016 Catalog

 

500

ATR-501 Athletic Training Clinical Education: Experience I

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the principles and techniques used with prophylactic taping and bracing to protect and/or prevent orthopedic and athletic injuries.

1

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-502 Athletic Training Clinical Education: Experience II

This course is designed to equip the athletic training student with the necessary skills needed to handle an emergency, life-threatening situation and administer care as a professional rescuer.

1

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-510 Preventative Strategies and Emergency Management

This course will introduce the athletic training student to a wide array of clinical techniques as it relates to prevention of athletic injuries and conditions. The course will explore prophylactic equipment considerations, and preventative maintenance of health care facilities as well as athletic venues of sport participation.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-515 Introduction to Evidence Based Interventions and Interpretation

This course will instruct the student on methods to incorporate evidence-based medicine into their daily practice. Scientific (research), practical (clinical), and outcomes assessment resources will be reviewed to reinforce and promote effective clinical judgment.

1

Cross Listed Courses

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ATR-520 Orthopedic Evaluation and Diagnosis I

An in-depth study of the lower extremity, focusing on the development of clinical evaluation and assessment techniques to enable the student to recognize, evaluate, and diagnose common lower extremity orthopedic and athletic injuries. Students will engage in the use of manual muscle testing, ROM assessment, neurological testing, and structural integrity tests to improve their injury evaluation skills.

3

Cross Listed Courses

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ATR-520L Orthopedic Evaluation and Diagnosis I Lab

This course is designed to give the athletic training student the opportunity to put into practice the theory behind the evaluation and diagnosis of common lower extremity orthopedic and athletic injuries.

1

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-521 Orthopedic Evaluation and Diagnosis II

An in-depth study of the upper extremity, focusing on the development of clinical evaluation and assessment techniques to enable the student to recognize, evaluate, and diagnose common upper extremity orthopedic and athletic injuries. Students will engage in the use of manual muscle testing, ROM assessment, neurological testing, and structural integrity tests to improve their injury evaluation skills.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-521L Orthopedic Evaluation and Diagnosis II Lab

This course is designed to give the athletic training student the opportunity to put into practice the theory behind the evaluation and diagnosis of common upper extremity orthopedic and athletic injuries.

1

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-525 Therapeutic Interventions I: Physical Agent Modalities

This course familiarizes the student with contemporary physical agent modalities and their use in the treatment of acute and chronic injuries. Students will learn to apply their knowledge in anatomy and physiology in the selection of modalities that best compliment healing for various pathologies. Students will learn indications, contraindications, uses, and methods of applications for each modality covered.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-525L Therapeutic Interventions I: Physical Agent Modalities Lab

This course is designed to give the athletic training student the opportunity to put into practice the theory behind therapeutic modality interventions.

1

Cross Listed Courses

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ATR-531 General Medical Conditions And Nomenclature

An in-depth study of recognition and management techniques use in the field of sports medicine for musuloskeletal, internal, systemic, and environmental injuries and conditions. Focuses on disease, disabilities and factors (congenital or acquired) as it relates to an athlete's ability to participate in activity.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-555 Health Infromation Technology and Informatics in Athletic Training

This course provides the post-professional athletic training student with the conceptual knowledge and professional skills to capitalize on the principles of health informatics and effectively adopt health information technology in clinical practice, both of which are critical for today's healthcare professional. The ramifications of the HITECH Act of 2009, the use of clinical information systems' data to demonstrate the role of an athletic trainer, and the effects of mobile applications in clinical practice will be examined. Consideration of the ethical use of data, technology, and information management will be evaluated throughout the course.

3

ATR-560 Advanced Prevention and Emergency Management Techniques

This course is designed to educate the post-professional certified athletic trainer on the use of advanced emergency care and life-support techniques.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-565 Advanced Evidence Based Medicine

This course is designed to enhance and develop the post-professional certified athletic trainer's logical thinking, critical analysis, problem solving and creativity, reasoning proficiency, argument analysis, and professional writing skills. The student develops and applies skills in the areas of locating, understanding, and critiquing information in the practice of AT. The students apply literature searches and inquiry skills to evaluate the quality of research relevant to a variety of patient populations across the life span.

3

Cross Listed Courses

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ATR-570 Leadership and Management in Athletic Training

This course is designed to enhance and develop the post-professional certified athletic trainer's healthcare leadership and management skills needed to lead in educational and clinical settings of athletic training.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-575 Athletic Training Clinical Anatomy

This course will provide students a comprehensive study of the human body and its related function. Students will learn human anatomy as it relates to function through the study of bones, cadaver dissection, models, medical imaging, atlas drawings, and their own bodies. Clinical correlations will be presented relating the anatomical structures discussed to clinical practice.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-580 Athletic Training Research Methods I

This course is designed to introduce post-professional athletic training students to common research methods used by athletic training professionals. Coursework focuses on conducting research, identifying variables, development of a research question/purpose statement, and ethics in research.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-585 Advanced Psychosocial Issues in Athletic Training

This course is designed to teach the post-professional athletic training student current advanced psychosocial issues that will be prevalent within traditional and non-traditional athletic training settings. Examination of psychosocial issues in regard to sport, exercise, and injury will be evaluated.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-590 Athletic Training Research Methods II

This course is designed to introduce post-professional athletic training students to the research process. Coursework will focus on development of a research question/purpose statement, building the literature review, identifying a rationale for a research study/project, and writing the abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusion sections based on peer-reviewed journal author's guide.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-595 Nutritional and Pharmacological Aspects of Sport Performance

This course is designed to educate the post-professional athletic training student with an in-depth study of the effectiveness of nutritional and pharmacological agents upon sport and exercise performance. Additionally, critical thinking will allow students to develop an appropriate analysis of governing regulations along with cultivating ethical considerations of common scenarios for the athletic trainer.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR

ATR-599 Research Capstone Seminar

This course is designed to teach the athletic training student current advanced psychosocial issues that will be prevalent within traditional and non-traditional athletic training settings. Examination of psychological implications in regard to sport, exercise, and injury.

3

Cross Listed Courses

ATR
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