Athletic Training

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Athletic Training

• An allied health care profession recognized by
  the American Medical Association

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What is Sports Medicine?

• Its the umbrella for many professional fields of
  study that relate to both performance injury
  associated with the physically active individual.
  
• Fields of study include, but are not limited to
• Athletic Training - Physical Therapy
• Biomechanics - Sports Nutrition
• Exercise Physiology - Sports Psychology
• Massage Therapy - Nursing
• Sports Ethics - Personal Fitness
  Training
• School Community Health
• Practice of Medicine relative to the physically
  active

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Who is a Certified Athletic Trainer?

• Health care professional who specializes in
  preventing, recognizing, managing and
  rehabilitating injuries that result from physical
  activity. 
• We can be called athletic trainer or certified
  athletic trainer or ATCNOT TRAINER!
• Currently 352 CAATE approved academic programs
  (338 UG and 15 GR programs)

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Education Requirements

• Must graduate from a CAATE approved Athletic
  Training education program
• Must demonstrate knowledge skill in six
  practice domains
• Prevention
• Recognition, Evaluation Assessment
• Immediate Care
• Treatment Rehabilitation
• Organization Administration
• Professional Development Responsibility
• Must pass a national certification exam upon
  completion of an entry-level bachelors or
  entry-level masters degree to become an ATC

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Education Requirements

• Athletic Training Curricula
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Acute Care
• General Medical Conditions and Disabilities
• Pathology of Injury and Illness
• Pharmacological Aspects of Injury and Illness
• Nutritional Aspects of Injury and Illness
• Therapeutic Exercise
• Therapeutic Modalities
• Health Care Administration
• Professional Development and Responsibilities
• Psychosocial Intervention and Referral

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BOC Certification Examination

• Currently changing to a computer-based exam
• Written Exam 150 multiple choice questions
• prevention
• recognition, evaluation, assessment
• immediate care
• rehabilitation reconditioning
• organization administration
• professional development
• Written Simulation Exam 6-8 Scenarios
• Consists of athletic training related situations
  designed to approximate real-life decision making
  and evaluates athletic trainers' ability to
  resolve cases similar to those they might
  encounter in actual practice
• Practical Exam - 8-10 skills
• 2 examiners, 1 model
• Hands-on applications from all domains

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UI Athletic Training Major

• http//coe.ed.uidaho.edu/

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What is the NATA?

• National Athletic Trainers Association
• Professional membership association for certified
  athletic trainers others who support the
  athletic training profession
• Not-for-profit organization dedicated to
  advancing, encouraging improving the athletic
  training profession. Through its commitment to
  improving health well-being, NATA promotes
  excellence in health care for the physically
  active through public awareness education.
• www.nata.org

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What is the BOC?

• NATA Board of Certification
• Provides a certification program for entry-level
  athletic trainers recertification standards for
  ATC.
• The purpose of this entry-level certification
  program is to establish standards for entry into
  the profession of athletic training.
• www.bocatc.org

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Employers of Athletic Training Services

• Secondary schools
• Colleges universities
• Professional sports
• Sports medicine clinics
• Hospitals Rehabilitation clinics
• The military
• Industrial commercial health care programs
• Performing arts
• Physicians offices (Physicians Extenders)

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What is a Physician Extender?

• Many physicians are choosing to hire certified
  athletic trainers as part of their office staff.
• The ATC provides value to the practice through
  skills in triage, exercise prescription,
  rehabilitation and patient education.
• The ATC returns revenue to the practice, as
  athletic training services in the physician s
  office return a high rate of reimbursement for
  billed services.

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TYPICAL DAY IN A COMPETITIVE SPORTS SETTING

• A typical day for an ATC in a competitive sports
  setting may include the following tasks
• Prepare athletes for practice or competition,
  including taping, bandaging bracing
• Assess injuries to determine their management
  possible referral
• Develop conditioning programs
• Implement treatment rehabilitation programs.
• These duties require extensive knowledge strong
  decision-making skills obtained through the ATCs
  experience education.

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Salaries

• Average Total Annual Income
• Work Setting 21,667- 51,315
• Education Level 30,735 - 50,712
• Job Title 7000 - 60,676

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