ATTR 503 Orientation to Athletic Training Practice – 3 hours
Introductory course for MAT students. Topics include domains and standards of athletic training practice, history of the profession, and the foundations for delivering patient-centered care. Students will have the ability to observe athletic trainers working in various settings in athletic training: occupational health, secondary, collegiate, and orthopedic clinic. Skills learned in this course are practiced and refined in a field experience component. Students are directly supervised by a preceptor.
ATTR 510 Acute Trauma Management – 4 hours
Introductory course for MAT students. Topics include domains and standards of practice, history of the profession, concepts of injury and illness prevention, injury mechanisms and classifications, and immediate management of illnesses and injuries. Skills learned in this course are practiced and refined in a field experience component
ATTR 513 Orientation to Medical Specialties – 1 hour
In this level of clinical experience in athletic training, students have the opportunity to practice and apply designated clinical techniques. Multiple medical professionals will be used. Students are under supervision of a medical professional who will supervise the students' clinical practice in multiple settings for an athletic trainer
ATTR 517 Clinical Practice I – 3 hours
In this level of clinical experience in athletic training, students have the opportunity to practice and apply designated clinical techniques. Students are under supervision of a preceptor who will evaluate the students' clinical proficiencies in an athletic training setting.
ATTR 520 Injury Classification & Management – 4 hours
Topics include injury and illness prevention, injury mechanisms and classifications, and immediate management of illnesses and injuries. Students will gain practical application of taping, wrapping, bracing techniques and protective equipment.
ATTR 525 Pharmacy Principles for Athletic Trainers – 3 hours
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of pharmacology emphasizing drug law, routes of administration, basic pharmacokinetics, and the specific pharmacology and therapeutics of drugs commonly used in physical medicine. A class presentation and research paper are required of graduate students enrolled in this course. Students will also complete medical rotations within clinical sites and identify daily routines of pharmacists and the daily interaction / communication with athletic training.
ATTR 527 Clinical Practice II – 3 hours
Clinical practice II is the second in a sequence of three required clinical practice courses. In this level of clinical experience in athletic training, students have the opportunity to practice and apply designated clinical techniques. Students are under supervision of an approved preceptor who will evaluate the students' clinical proficiencies in an athletic training setting.
ATTR 528 Patient Assessment & Therapeutic Intervention I – 4 hours
This course focuses on the advanced physical assessment and treatment of injury and pathology of the upper extremity, cervical spine, thorax, and abdomen. Students will learn the theory and techniques of joint mobilization, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, and other selected rehabilitation strategies and modalities used by athletic trainers to restore a patient’s muscular flexibility, strength, endurance and functional ability following injury.
ATTR 532 Clinical Skills Lab I – 3 hours
Application and practice of skills related to topics addressed in Injury Classification and Management and Acute Trauma Management. Students will engage in standardized patient and simulations to practice their use of emergency management equipment, taping, wrapping, bracing techniques and protective equipment.
ATTR 533 Administration of Athletic Training Practice – 4 hours
This course will focus on health care administration topics for the athletic trainer. Topics include liability and risk management issues, athletic training facility design and operation, budgeting, and personnel management
ATTR 537 Clinical Practice III – 3 hours
Clinical practice III is the third in a sequence of three required clinical practice courses. In this level of clinical experience in athletic training, students have the opportunity to practice and apply designated clinical techniques. Students are under supervision of an approved preceptor who will evaluate the students' clinical proficiencies in an athletic training setting.
ATTR 538 Patient Assessment & Therapeutic Intervention II – 4 hours
Designed to expand on the course content in ATTR 528- Patient Assessment & Therapeutic Intervention I, this course uses a structured and organized assessment process that draws on knowledge of anatomy and physiology to learn to develop a list of differential diagnoses through clinical reasoning regarding the shoulder, knee, ankle and foot. Students will learn to formulate treatment plans using evidence-based practice and practical framework so that they can develop, implement, and modify an appropriate and effective therapeutic intervention for their patient.
ATTR 542 Clinical Skills Lab II – 3 hours
Application and practice of skills related to topics addressed in Patient Assessment and Therapeutic Intervention I and II. Includes development of ability to use appropriate psychosocial techniques in patient care, documentation procedures, and various measurement techniques used by athletic trainers.
ATTR 548 Patient Assessment & Therapeutic Intervention III – 4 hours
This course focuses on the advanced physical treatment with therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation as it pertains to the treatment of injury and pathology of the upper and lower extremity. Students will learn the theory and techniques of therapeutic ultrasound, diathermy, myofascial techniques, electrical muscle stimulation and other modalities commonly seen in athletic training. These will be selected while determining rehabilitation strategies and modalities used to restore a patient’s muscular flexibility, strength, endurance and functional ability following injury.
ATTR 552 Clinical Skills Lab III – 3 hours
Application and practice of skills related to topics addressed in Patient Assessment and Therapeutic Intervention I, II and III. Includes development of ability to use appropriate psychosocial techniques in patient care, documentation procedures, and various measurement techniques used by athletic trainers.
ATTR 555 Preparation for Professional Practice – 3 hours
Provides an integration of prior coursework and expertise in athletic training, preparation for the BOC Certification Exam, and forum for discussion of athletic training issues of current concern.
ATTR 558 Patient Assessment & Therapeutic Intervention IV – 4 hours
This course guides therapists to develop evidenced-based practices when integrating therapeutic modalities and rehabilitation exercises to the treatment of injury and pathology of the upper and lower extremity.
ATTR 562 Clinical Skills Lab IV – 3 hours
Application and practice of skills related to topics addressed specifically in Patient Integration I and II and generally those introduced in previous courses. This course is the last in a four-course laboratory sequence. Includes continued application and practice of techniques used by athletic trainers in all practice domains of athletic training.
ATTR 581 Integration of Patient Care I – 4 hours
Students will learn how the increasing diversity of the United States brings opportunities and challenges for health care providers, health care systems, and policy makers to create and deliver culturally competent services. Topics covered in this class include: health literacy, cultural literacy, and geriatrics.
ATTR 582 Integration of Patient Care II – 4 hours
Designed to expand on the course content in ATTR 581- Integration of Patient Care I, this course blends behavioral health services with general and/or specialty medical services. This course also expands on interprofessional practice by exposing students to various healthcare professionals in order to effectively coordinate the care of patients.