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Course Descriptions

 

All of the following courses are taught by the certified athletic training staff at Gardner-Webb University. Most have a laboratory component to practice and develop mastery of clinical proficiencies. Clinical proficiencies are skills or tasks associated with a particular class. 

ATTR 101 Clinical Proficiencies
1 semester hour
First year athletic training students will learn and experience the importance of field experience rotations.  Athletic training students shall perform skills in their assigned rotations commensurate with their level of education, competence, and  experience. 
Prerequisite: Athletic Training Educational Program Admission 

ATTR 200 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies I 
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 222.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR-101

ATTR 201 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies II 
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 225.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR -200 
 

ATTR 222  First Aid and the Management of Acute Injury and Illness
3 semester hours

The intent of this course is to provide the athletic training student with the knowledge, skills, and values they must possess to recognize, assess, and treat acute injury or illness of athletes and other physically active individuals. 

Prerequisite: Program Admission  

ATTR 225  Techniques of Prevention and Care
3 semester hours

The athletic training student will develop the knowledge, skills, and values to identify injury and illness factors that may be encountered by athletes and others involved in physical activity and to plan and implement a risk management and prevention program.  Prerequisite ATTR - 222 

ATTR 300 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies III
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 324.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR - 201

ATTR 301 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies IV 
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 325.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR - 300

ATTR 324 Evaluation and Recognition of Lower Extremity Injuries
3 semester hours

This course will concentrate on evaluation and recognition techniques for orthopedic musculoskeletal injuries of the lower extremity. 

Prerequisite ATTR - 225 

ATTR 325 Evaluation and Recognition of Upper Extremity Injuries
3 semester hours

This course will concentrate on evaluation and recognition techniques for orthopedic musculoskeletal injuries of the upper extremity. 

Prerequisite ATTR - 324 

ATTR 332 Rehabilitation and Reconditioning of Athletic Injuries
3 semester hours

This course will provide the athletic training student with the knowledge, skills, and values they must posses to plan, implement, document, and evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic exercise programs for the rehabilitation and reconditioning of the injuries and illnesses of athletes and others involved in physical activity. 

Prerequisite ATTR - 325  

ATTR 342 Organization and Administration of Athletic Training
3 semester hours

A course designed to expose the athletic training student to the organizational and administrative demands of the traditional and nontraditional employment settings.  Special emphasis will be placed upon medical terminology used health professions.

Prerequisite ATTR - 324

ATTR 400 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies V
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 332 and 404.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR - 301 

ATTR 401 Athletic Training Clinical Proficiencies VI 
2 semester hour

In this course each athletic training student will demonstrate proficiency in affective, cognitive, and psychomotor skills learned in ATTR - 402.  Athletic training students shall perform proficiencies in their assigned field experience commensurate with their level of experience and competence.  Prerequisite: ATTR - 400 

ATTR 402   Medical Conditions and Pharmacology
3 semester hours

To provide the athletic training student with the knowledge, skills, and values that the entry-level certified athletic trainer must possess to recognize, treat, and refer, when appropriate, the general medical conditions and disabilities.  And an in-depth study of pharmacologic applications, including awareness of indications, contraindications, precautions, and interactions of medication and of the governing regulations relevant to the treatment of injuries to and illnesses of athletes and others involved in physical activity.   Prerequisite: ATTR - 332 

ATTR 404 Therapeutic Modalities 
3 semester hours

A course to provide the athletic training student with a basic understanding of the underlying principles supportive of the use of therapeutic modalities, including physiological effects of different modalities and how they work as therapeutic agents.  Prerequisite ATTR - 325 

ATTR 430  Athletic Training Seminar
3 semester hours

This course will summarize the experiences the athletic training student has learned and demonstrated within the athletic training program and will serve as final preparation for the National Athletic Trainers' Association Certification Examination. Prerequisite: ATTR - 404 

 


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