Course Description
Provides students with advanced theories and policies of public health, prevention and treatment programs in the communities, evaluation and integration of epidemiological data, and injury prevention techniques, as well as theories, concepts, and techniques regarding return to activity progression and training.
Athena Title
Inj Prev Perf Enhance and Well
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be offered in an accelerated 8-week format.
Prerequisite
ATTR 7400E and permission of major
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss the athletic trainer's role in public health. 2. Advocate for the health needs of clients, patients, communities, and populations. 3. Develop and implement strategies to mitigate the risk for long-term health conditions across the lifespan. 4. Describe the concepts of epidemiology and the use of injury and illness surveillance relevant to athletic training. 5. Identify and describe measures used to monitor injury prevention strategies (e.g., injury rates and risks, relative risks, odds ratios, risk differences, numbers needed to treat/harm). 6. Identify modifiable/non-modifiable risk factors and mechanisms for injury and illness. 7. Explain how the effectiveness of a prevention strategy can be assessed using clinical outcomes, surveillance, or evaluation data. 8. Summarize the epidemiology data related to the risk of injury and illness associated with participation in physical activity. 9. Identify the effects, participation consequences, and risks of misuse and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, performance-enhancing drugs/substances, and over-the-counter, prescription, and recreational drugs. 10. Select and use biometrics and physiological monitoring systems and translate the data into effective preventative measures, clinical interventions, and performance enhancement. 11. Determine and appropriately prescribe physical activity according to the treatment goals and objectives as they relate to injury prevention, recovery, and performance enhancement. 12. Identify, develop, and implement functional screening and return to activity assessments in order to reduce injury risk in the physically active. 13. Develop, implement, and assess the effectiveness of programs to reduce injury risk. 14. Develop, implement, and supervise comprehensive programs to maximize sports performance that are safe and specific to the patient and client's activity. 15. Plan and implement a comprehensive pre-participation examination process to affect health outcomes. 16. Educate and make recommendations to patients and clients on nutritional considerations and appropriate fluid intake guidelines for before, during, and after physical activity under a variety of activities and environmental conditions. 17. Identify, monitor, and evaluate environmental conditions (such as air quality and altitude) to make appropriate recommendations to start, stop, or modify activity in order to prevent environmental illness or injury.
Topical Outline
Public health policy Disease prevention Epidemiology concepts Community health screenings Implementation of community health programs Nutritional considerations of the physically active Biometric and physiological monitoring systems Injury prevention and return to activity programs Performance considerations in the use and misuse of legal and illegal substances Environmental considerations in the physically active
Syllabus
Public CV