ATTR 430: Senior Professional Athletic Training Seminar
Prerequisite: ATTR 355, Senior standing, or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: (3) Two hours lecture; two hours laboratory
Resume writing, interviewing, and a comprehensive review of the Athletic Training educational competencies. This course requires the completion of 120 hours of clinical experience performed under the supervision of an Approved Clinical Instructor.
Note(s): Students cannot receive credit for both ESHE 430 and ATTR 430.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Designed to allow future certified athletic trainers an opportunity to develop their cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills while interacting in an athletic environment. In addition, there is a concentration in the psychomotor domain area of administrative tasks, which includes topics related to the professional development of future athletic trainers.
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Students in this course will be required to work with a certified athletic trainer to participate in coverage of athletic events, and the administration of an athletic training facility.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
1. Construct and write a professional resume.
2. Plan a lesson, and instruct a group of individuals in a topic of athletic training.
3. Describe the importance of the NATA Code of Ethics and Code of professional practice.
4. Describe the relationship between the NATA, NATABOC, NCCA, and the JRC-AT.
5. Define the concept of continuing education units and how they relate to athletic training.
6. Schedule athletic training coverage.
7. Describe legal issues facing the athletic trainer including professional licensure and credentialing.
8. Differentiate the essential documents of the NATA, NATABOC, and JRC-AT (e.g. Role Delineation Study).
Assessment Measures
1. Written examination.
2. Oral/practical examination.
3. Teaching performance and preparation.
4. Performance in the clinical setting.
Additional Course Information
Review and Approval
September 2002 Reviewed Jon Poole
March, 2010
