Seminars in Sports Health Care

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge that lends to their professional development through interactions with an array of personnel who operate in the broad spectrum of sports health care. Content spans domains and tasks linked to the most current edition of the practice analysis established by the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer. Examples include, but are not limited to: health conditions and occupational risks in novel groups, telehealth, and mass causality incident response. Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines will also be explored. The significance of meaningful continuing education, lifelong learning, and developing leadership attributes to preserve contemporary expertise will be emphasized. Scholarship is structured to cultivate appreciation for diverse disciplines that contribute to evolving the art and science of the craft. The course will reinforce the criticality of integrating theory, research, and experiential practice to stimulate transformative and innovative environments in health care and human performance optimization industries.