Foundations of Sports Medicine: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Applying the historical foundations of sports medicine

Investigate the roles of the athletic trainer in healthcare administration

Understanding legal and ethical concerns in sports medicine

Understanding training and conditioning techniques

Developing sports nutrition plans

Recognizing environmental factors that can lead to injury

Appropriate usage of protective gear, taping, and bracing

Recognizing common sports injury

Prevention and recognition of bloodborne pathogen transmission

Providing on the field emergency management

Understanding the psychology of injury

Understanding therapeutic intervention

Recognize the historical foundations of athletic training

Investigate the process of attaining certification and licensure for the athletic trainer

Differentiate between the roles and responsibilities of various professionals on the Sports Medicine Team as well as the settings they may work in.

Investigate budgetary concerns involved in developing or maintaining a healthcare facility

Design an athletic training healthcare facility with all required components

Explain the legal importance of good record keeping

Investigate the legal considerations for athletic trainer acting as a health care provider

Explain the legal concepts of liability, negligence, torts, and assumptions of risks

Identify measures that can be taken to minimize chances of litigation

Examine the roles of the athletic trainer and the strength and conditioning coach on an athlete's fitness

Identify the principles of training and conditioning

Explain the role that overtraining plays in the risk of injury and how Periodization can help.

Explain the importance of good nutrition and hydration in enhancing performance and injury prevention

Differentiate between body weight and body composition along with the factors that influence both of them

Identify popular performance enhancing substances

Recognize environmental factors that contribute to environmental injury

Identify and Manage Conditions related to environmental factors

Determine factors involved in fitting various types of equipment

Explain basic bandaging techniques

Explain basic taping procedures

List the mechanical properties of tissue as they pertain to the stress-strain-curve

Recognize the difference between chronic versus acute injury

Identify anatomical structures of bone

Recognize types of joint injuries and their Mechanism of Injury

Identify anatomical structures of skin, ligaments, and muscle

Identify the various bloodborne pathogens and their risks

Examine ways to reduce the risk of infection

Describe the components of an emergency action plan

Describe the initial management of acute injuries

Explain the purpose of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid

Differentiate social and professional roles in sports psychology

Identify the psychological reactions one may see in the ill or injured

Categorize types of socially used drugs, including performance enhancing drugs

Differentiate between different types of eating disorders

Describe the stages of tissue healing from injury to maturation

Recognize the physiology and psychology of pain

Describe the problem solving approach

Differentiate between thermal, electrical, and mechanical agents

Discuss how the profession's history has impacted the profession today as well as the implications are for the future

Compare and contrast state, local, and national levels of athletic organizations, summarizing their impact on the profession of Athletic Training

Discuss the role of the Board of Certification (BOC) and the impact it has made in the field of Athletic training

Compare the difference between "certification" and "Licensure."

Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the Coach, Athletic Trainer, Athletic Training Student aide, and the Team Physician.

Compare and contrast the different settings of employment an athletic trainer may work in.

Estimate the pitfalls that may arise due to budgetary concerns.

Predict possible concerns for an individual program depending on the setting.

Identify the necessary components for a fully functioning athletic training facility.

Identify appropriate policies and procedures that should be enforced in the athletic healthcare facility.

Determine the types of documents that should be kept.

Explain the importance of pre-participation exams.

Compare and contrast current options for record keeping and injury tracking.

Differentiate between HIPPA and FERPA.

Identify the legal limitations of coaches, athletic trainers, and athletic training student aides.

Hypothesize ways to avoid litigation.

Differentiate between tort and negligence.

Determine the relationship between assumption of risk and liability.

Categorize the measures required to minimize chances of litigation.

Describe product liability.

Differentiate between legal and ethical responsibility.

Differentiate between two roles and their impact on the athlete

Categorize the job duties of each as being either Medical or Fitness

Express the importance of the warm-up and cool down periods

Find the correlation between flexibility, strength, power, core stability, aerobic endurance and how it relates to athletic performance and injury prevention

Compare and contrast techniques for improving flexibility, strength, power, core stability, and aerobic endurance

Assess the consequences and detrimental effects overtraining can have on a given group of athletes

Determine the negative effects of overtraining

Identify the various training periods in each phase

Distinguish the six classes of nutrients

Assess the pros and cons of supplementing nutrients in the athlete's diet

Discuss parameters for consuming a pre-event meal

Discuss the idea of caloric balance and how to assess it

Compare and contrast the various weight manipulation methods

Use the internet to locate substances that are banned by various organizations

Determine the benefits and risks of using performance enhancing drugs

Identify unstable atmospheric conditions

Determine the effects of Altitude and Air quality on Performance

Determine proper prevention of environmental illness

Recognize the difference between heat related injuries

Describe cold injuries and their causes

Examine various types of equipment and project possible problems for fitting

Determine the level of effectiveness for marketed versus fabricated bracing devices

Determine the most appropriate application of each type of bandage for various types of injuries

Formulate possible uses for the application of a cloth ankle wrap

Demonstrate arch, elbow, ankle, hand, wrist, and thumb tape jobs using appropriate basic taping procedures

Compare and contrast effectiveness of taping versus bracing

Use the stress-strain-curve to explain the role of external stress on a specific injury

Demonstrate each type of tissue loading

Compare and contrast acute versus chronic injuries

Determine what type of injury an athlete has based on signs and symptoms

Identify different types of bones

Classify different types of fractures based on the Mechanism of Injury

Recognize different types of articulations

Recognize the differences and the purposes in each structure

Compare the different types of soft tissue injuries

Differentiate between the types of skin lesions and their treatments

Differentiate between various bloodborne pathogens

Compare and contrast the difference between viral, bacterial, and fungal

Discuss the term "Universal Precautions"

Determine OSHA's role in the workplace and how it can effect both employees and employers

Identify OSHA's bloodborne pathogen standards

Infer ramifications for non-compliance

Compare and contrast EAPs for different venues and settings

Determine specific personnel in your school who might be responsible for a specific duty in your EAP

Analyze the purposes for both the primary and secondary assessment procedures

Describe the purpose of Triage.

Recognize the signs and symptoms of a spine injury

Perform the proper techniques for moving and transporting the injured athlete

Identify the steps of CPR and first aid.

Recognize situations in which first aid is necessary.

Determine situations that might require referral

Detail the differences between a counselor, psychologist, and a psychiatrist

Determine the level of an athlete's psychological response to injury

Speculate how some athletes may try to cope and discuss the ramifications if any.

Describe the role an athletic trainer plays in intervention

Determine appropriate outlets of referral.

Recognize the signs and symptoms of different eating disorders

Classify the types of people who might suffer from eating disorders

Compare and contrast the differences in the types of athletes with certain eating disorders

Identify the factors that may impede the healing process

Speculate how an athlete's nutrition may help or harm the process

Compare various methods of rating pain

Investigate various pain control theories

Differentiate between methods and mediums used for pain control including the role of various medications

Recognize the differences between indications and contra indications of Analgesics and Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Explain the principles of rehab

Recognize the importance of goal setting in rehabilitation

Discuss importance of following a physician's protocols

Discuss appropriate applications of thermal modalities

Identify mechanical modalities and their purpose