Athletic Training
Student Learning Outcome
The Georgia Southern University Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program aspires to provide a comprehensive educational and clinical foundation to prepare students to enter the allied health profession of Athletic Training. The program develops students who are clinically competent and independent-thinking health care providers. It is our goal to have a highly successful Athletic Training Education Program that will allow students unlimited access to instruction, research, and state-of-the-art technology allowing them to develop into a highly-skilled Athletic Trainer.
The ultimate goals of the program are to prepare students to sit for the Board of Certification national exam, to subsequently gain entry into advanced professional programs of study, or gain employment as an entry level certified athletic trainer (ATC). Many program graduates have entered graduate school to earn advanced degrees in athletic training, sports and exercise science, physical therapy, physician assistant, public health, and education.
Student Learning Outcomes for the ATEP are outlined as follows;
- Students completing the major in the Athletic Training Education Program will be able to demonstrate an understanding of relevant concepts related to the accreditation educational domains:
- Risk management and injury prevention
- Pathology of injuries and illnesses
- Orthopedic clinical examination and diagnosis
- Medical conditions and disabilities
- Acute care of injury and illness
- Therapeutic Modalities
- Conditioning and rehabilitative exercise/ therapeutic exercise
- Pharmacology
- Psychosocial intervention and referral
- Nutritional aspects of injury and illness
- Health care administration
- Professional development and responsibility
- Students completing the major in the Athletic Training Education Program will be prepared to sit for the Board of Certification Examination and gain successful employment.
