Athletic Training, MS Learning Outcomes

ATP Goals & Objectives:

• Demonstrate the cognitive and psychomotor skills delineated in the NATA Athletic Training Educational Competencies. 
  • Apply didactic knowledge to clinical practice.
• Display clinial skill and competence in the psychomotor skills identified in the Clinical Integration Proficiencies, 5^th ed.
  • Apply psychomotor skills and CIP outcomes in labs, clinical seminars, clinical sites and patient care. 
• Display ethical behavior in accordance with professional standards.
  • Adhere to the ethical standards of the NATA and the BOC standards of professional practice, practice within the legal boundaries of the applicable practice act, incorporate ethical decision-making into practice, demonstrate academic honesty.
• Collect, interpret and disseminate information in an effective manner. 
  • Effectively use electronic medium to gather information, demonstrate effective professional writing, demonstrate effective professional verbal communication.
• Display effective oral and written communication skills that are appropriate to the population being addressed. 
  • Communicates effectively to a diverse populations, presents professional work in writing.
• Recognize the athletic trainer’s role in the present and emerging health care arena. 
  • Function as part of a health care team in a wide variety of practice settings. 
• Appreciate the need for science-based efficacy of our profession through ongoing research and publication. 
  • Conduct literature reviews, analyze data to formulate a conclusion, appreciate the value of evidence-based practice,   
• Permeate basic behaviors into professional practice non-discriminatory with respect to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, political or religious affiliation.
  • Consider unique skills and abilities of healthcare professionals in the academic and clinical environments. 
• Recognize the scope of practice of athletic trainer’s in the healthcare environment.
  • Students will function as part of a health care team in a wide variety of practice settings.
• Expose students to a variety of clinical settings.
  • Students will be placed in a variety of practice settings.
• Exposed to a variety of preceptors – incorporate the teaching of effective clinical preceptors. 
  • Students will be assigned to specific clinical instructors that have received preceptor of the program status.
• Maximize independent decision-making grounded in evidence-based practice/best practices.
  • Skill demonstration of a systematic approach as to asking and answering clinically relevant questions. 
• Demonstrates clinical competence.
  • Demonstrate psychomotor skills in academic classes, clinical seminars and during clinical experiences.