1. Introduction to the program

• Introduction to course and facility

• Overview of program

• Syllabus

• Course requirements

• Historical Development of Sports Medicine

2 Roles and legal responsibilities

• Confidentiality

• Ethics

• Scope of practice

• Avoiding legal problems

3. Immediate and temporary care

• CPR Certification

• Basic first aid

4. Introduction to anatomy

• Body tissues

• Classification of joints

• Movement

5. Basics of tissue injury

• Soft tissue injury

• Bone injuries

6. Basic principles of conditioning

• Strength training

• Flexibility

• Cardiorespiratory

7 Injuries and the healing process

• The inflammation process

• Treatment protocols

8. Preventive and supportive techniques

• Preparation for taping and wrapping

• Application and removal of taping techniques

9. Understanding athletics-related injuries to the lower quarter: foot, ankle, knee, hip, pelvis and thigh

• Objectives

• Anatomy

• Prevention

• Treatment

• Supportive techniques

10. Understanding athletics-related injuries to the uppoer quarter: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand

• Objectives

• Anatomy

• Prevention

• Treatment

• Supportive techniques

11. Understanding athletics-related injuries to the axial region: spinal and head

• Objectives

• Anatomy

• Prevention

• Treatment

• Supportive techniques

12. Special considerations in athletic training

• Environmental conditions: heat, cold and altitude

• Nutrition and eating disorders

• Common drug use

• Stress management

• Basis organization of a Sports Medicine Program

• Sports physicals

13. Careers in Sports Medicine

• Fitness

  • Health club employee

  • Personal trainer

  • Corporate fitness

  • Exercise physiologist

  • Senior Fitness

  • Fitness consultant

• Rehabilitation

  • Cardiac

  • Injury

  • Massage therapist

14. Job shadow placements

• Time sheets

• Journals

• Evaluation

15. Employment and career preparation

• Job shadowing

• Resumes

• Job applications

• Interview skills

• Peer evaluation and critique

• Mock interviews

Textbooks:

Athletic Training and Sports Medicine. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Athletic Training for Student Assistants. Lorin A. Cartwright and William Pitney.

Basic Athletic Training. Kenneth E. Wright and William R. Whitehall.