1. What is an athletic trainer?

2. Objectives
Recognize the historical foundations of athletic training Identify the various professional organizations dedicated to athletic training and sports medicine Identify various employment settings. Differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the athletic trainer, team physician and the coach. Explain the function of support personnel in sports medicine Discuss certification and licensure for the athletic trainer

3. Certified Athletic Trainer AKA ATC
The certified athletic trainer is a highly educated and skilled professional specializing in health care for the physically active.

4. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Draws on the disciplines of exercise, medicine, physical therapy, physical education and sports. Athletic Training Dates back to Roman times. With the fall of the Roman empire there was a complete lack of interest in sports Resurfaced during Renaissance time period.

5. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CONT.
Athletic training come back into existence during the late nineteenth century with because of interscholastic and intercollegiate athletes. The first athletic trainer of the era possessed no technical knowledge. Crude techniques. After several failed attempts in 1950 some 101 athletic trainers meet. The primary purpose to establish professional standards for athletic training.

6. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES CONT.
- In 1974, ATA membership numbers were first tracked 4,500 member.
Today there are 34,000 members. Working in 25 countries out the U.S.

7. Where ATC are employed
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8. Other Jobs under the sports medicine Umbrella
Performance enhancement
Exercise physiology
Biomechanics
Sport Psychology
Sports Nutrition
Strength and conditioning
Coaching
Personal Fitness Trainer
Injury Care & Practice
Practice of Medicine
Athletic Training
Sports Physical Therapy
Sports Massage Therapy
Sports Dentistry
Osteopathic Medicine
Orthotics/Prosthetics
Sports Chiropractic
Sports Podiatry

9. Still Questions
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10. Role and Responsiblities
Prevention Clinical evaluation and diagnosis Immediate care Treatment, rehabilitation and reconditioning Organization and administration Professional responsibilities MID TERM QUESTION
Athletic trainer is the one who deasls with the patient throughout the period of rehabiliation, from the time of the initial injury until the patients complete, unrestricted return to activity.

11. Prevention Conducting Pre-participation Physical Examination
Ensuring a safe playing environment by minimizing safety hazards
Selecting, fitting and maintaining protective equipment
Explaining the importance of diet and lifestyle choices
Using medications appropriately (not at high school level)

12. CLINICAL EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSIS
Understanding the pathology of injury and illness
Referring to medical care
Referring to support services
Immediate care

13. Treatment, rehabilitation and reconditioning
Designing rehabilitation programs
Supervising rehabilitation programs
Incorporating therapeutic modalities
Offering psychosocial intervention

14. Organization and Administration
Record keeping
Ordering equipment and supplies
Supervising Personnel
Establishing policies for the operation of an athletic training program

15. Professional Resposivilities
Continuing education
Educator
Counselor
Researcher

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17. Professional behaviors of the athletic trainer
Stamina and ability to adapt Empathy Sense of humor Ability to communicate Intellectual curiosity Ethics

18. Communication of athletic trainer
Athletic Trainer Athlete Parent Coach Physician Main concern Plays major understands absolute authority role in secondary role

19. Review
What are the primary roles of an athletic trainer? What Professional organizations are important to the field of athletic training? Why is athletic training considered a team endeavor? What qualifications should the athletic trainer have in terms of education, certification and personality? What are the various employment opportunities available to the athletic trainer? Explain the criteria for becoming certified as an athletic trainer.