Therapeutic Interventions Clinical

Course Description

This course provides a clinical setting in which athletic training students clinically apply and demonstrate proficiency in athletic training skills. In this clinical course, students perform a comprehensive clinical examination of a patient. Based on the assessment data and consideration of the patient's goals, the student creates and implements a therapeutic intervention that targets these treatment goals to include, as appropriate, therapeutic modalities, medications (with physician involvement as necessary), and rehabilitative techniques and procedures. Students integrate and interpret various forms of standardized documentation, including both patient-oriented and clinicianoriented outcome measures, to recommend activity level, make return-to-play decisions, maximize patient outcomes and progress in the treatment plan, and analyze injury data to formulate a prevention program. Students are assigned to a preceptor who provides supervision on a daily basis through constant visual and auditory interaction, providing feedback to students on their progression. The mode of delivery is student-to-student demonstration and a clinical exam testing students' proficiency at a clinical site (high school, college, or professional) on true patients. Practicum/field experience hours: 150. Prerequisites: ATP-330, ATP-360, and ATP-360L.

Code

ATP-440

Credits

4

Subject

Athletic Training