| The Certified Athletic Trainer (AT) is an
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| | offered for patient care. A Certified
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| allied health care professional that is
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| | Athletic Trainer must have a strong
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| certified by the Board of Certification,
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| | knowledge of the human anatomy and health
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| Inc. (BOC). Certified Athletic Trainers
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| | and human performance, and strong
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| are also sometimes referred to as sports
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| | decision making skills through education
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| therapists or sports medicine
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| | and training.
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| practitioners and are the centerpiece of
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| | Places of Employment
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| the sports medicine team. They serve as a
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| | Certified Athletic Trainers can be found
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| liasson to the athlete, coach, physician
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| | almost anywhere people are active.
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| and other supplemental personnel
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| | Whether it's on the playing field or in
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| providing care to athletes sustaining
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| | the industrial setting, Certified
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| physical or emotional trauma.
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| | Athletic Trainers are in place to help
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| Specifically, the Certified Athletic
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| | active people avoid injuries, embrace
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| Trainer's role delineation encompasses
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| | health and wellness, and perform to the
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| six domains:
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| | best of their abilities. Certified
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| Athletic Injury Prevention and Risk
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| | Athletic Trainers are employed in
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| Management
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| | secondary schools, intercollegiate
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| Recognition, Evaluation and Assessment of
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| | athletics, professional athletics, sports
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| Injuries and Illnesses
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| | medicine clinics, the military, or
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| Immediate Care of Injuries
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| | industrial and commercial settings.
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| Treatment, Rehabilitation and
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| | Hospitals and health clubs are also
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| Reconditioning
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| | venues that create job opportunities for
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| Health Care Organization and
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| | Certified Athletic Trainers.
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| Administration
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| | Athletic Training Education
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| Professional Development and
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| | Athletic Training Education Programs are
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| Responsibility
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| | accredited by the [Commission on
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| As a part of the complete sports medicine
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| | Accreditation of Athletic Training
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| team, the Certified Athletic Trainer
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| | Education] (CAATE). Entry level athletic
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| works under the direction of a licensed
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| | training education uses a
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| physician and in cooperation with other
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| | competency-based approach in both the
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| health care professionals, athletics
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| | classroom and clinical settings. Using a
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| administrators, coaches and parents.
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| | medical based education model, athletic
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| A day in the life of a Certified Athletic
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| | training students are educated to serve
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| Trainer
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| | in the role of physician extenders, with
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| Certified Athletic Trainers are highly
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| | an emphasis on clincal reasoning skills.
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| involved in the day to day processes of
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| | Educational competencies are bases on
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| professional, intercollegiate, or high
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| | cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor
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| school athletics. They are responsible
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| | (skill), affective competencies
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| for the preparation and maintenance of
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| | (professional behavior), and clinical
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| athletes that are poised for competition.
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| | proficiencies (practice oriented
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| Some duties of a Certified Athletic
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| | outcomes). Students must receive
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| Trainer will include:
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| | instruction in the foundational courses
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| Prepping athletes for practice or
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| | of human physiology, human anatomy,
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| competition including taping, bandaging,
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| | exercise physiology, kinesiology
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| bracing or applying other forms of risk
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| | biomechanics, nutrition, acute care of
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| management
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| | injury and illness, statistics and
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| Evaluating injuries to determine the best
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| | research design, and strength training
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| course of action in regard to the health
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| | and reconditioning. The student must be
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| and welfare of the athlete
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| | introduced to professional coursework
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| Developing and implementing conditioning
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| | that encompasses the following domains:
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| programs
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| | Risk management
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| Implementing treatment and rehabilitation
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| | Pathology of injury/illness
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| programs
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| | Assessment of injury/illness
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| Certified Athletic Trainers that are not
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| | General medical conditions and
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| integrated in the athletics community may
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| | disabilities
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| function as a sports rehabilitation
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| | Therapeutic modalities
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| specialist. The sports rehabilitation
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| | Therapeutic exercise
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| specialist spends their days in a
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| | Health care administration
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| private, corporate or hospital based
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| | Weight management and body composition
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| rehabilitation clinic constructing
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| | Psychosocial intervention and referral
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| rehabilation protocols, monitoring
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| | Medical ethics and legal issues
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| therapeutic exercise regimens and
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| | Pharmacology
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| performing treatments with the various
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| | Professional development and
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| therapeutic modalities that may be
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| | responsibilities.
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