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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
Gardner-Webb University;
Boiling Springs, North Carolina 28017 USA (704) 406-4000
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