Objectives

At the conclusion of this program, the participant should be able to:

1. Identify career opportunities for athletic training professionals outside of the traditional model.
2. Understand the scope of the youth APEDs (appearance and performance enhancing drug) epidemic including side effects and risks with using APEDs and the social pressures that are driving this behavior.
3. Understand the scope of the youth dietary supplement problem including challenges of the supplement buying process, supplement safety, athlete education, good nutritional practices, and the social pressures that are driving this behavior.
4. Describe the new curricular content in the CAATE standards, assess one’s current practice status and compare it to current CAATE standards, and develop a plan to decrease one’s own practice gap through continuing education.
5. Understand the purpose and feasibility of telehealth in patient care and incorporating healthcare informatics in communication and continuity of care.
6. Understand how NCAA bylaws affect athletic trainers in the collegiate setting and their role in promoting work-life balance.
7. Understand the natural history, evaluation, and management of pediatric inguinal hernias, chest wall anomalies, and solid organ injuries.
8. Identify uses for blood flow restriction techniques in resistance and endurance exercise programs, safety considerations in blood flow restriction techniques, and practical applications in a periodization program.
9. Discuss the concept of practice-based research and how it can help translate laboratory research into clinical practice and inform clinical decision-making.
10. Compare and contrast the roles of an industrial athletic trainer with those in the athletic setting and identify the healthcare needs of the industrial athlete.
11. Identify the need for standardizing EMR data and the process of implementing documentation systems in athletic training practices.
12. Identify the importance and reasoning for quality improvement and discuss strategies to implement quality improvement into athletic training practice