AT 501 ch.1

List at 5 personal qualities are essential for a good athletic trainer

• Stamina and the ability to adapt

.• Empathy.

• Sense of humor.

• Communication.

• Intellectual Curiosity and Critical Thinking Ability.

• Ethical practice.

• Professional memberships

Identify patient-related outcome measures that are specifically used for pain

Generic- Medical Outcomes Study

Dimension specific- McGill pain scale

Disease specific- Asthma quality of life scale

Site or regions specific- Oxford Hip score

Summary item- questions may be specific to disease or condition

What establishment during the nineteenth century assisted in making athletic training as it is known today

NATA

Which physician authored the first major text on athletic training titled The Trainer's Bible?

Dr. S.E. Bilik

What is the title of the monthly research publication of the National Athletic Trainers' Association?

Journal of Athletic training

Which organization is "dedicated to transforming lives and revolutionizing the health and fitness industry"?

National academy of sports medicine (NASM)

Which job setting has the largest percentage of employed certified athletic trainers?

clinics and hospitals

Which organization adopted a policy that "called for certified athletic trainers to be employed in all secondary-school athletic programs"?

NATA

What employment setting allows the athletic trainer to address appropriate ergonomic techniques to assist with specific tasks that are performed at the work station and the physical demands of the job in order to improve productivity?

industrial/occupational

Of all the professional behaviors that an athletic trainer should possess, which would best describe the ability to adapt to the constant state of high emotional arousal and anxiety during the working day?

• Empathy.

• Sense of humor

.• Communication

.• Intellectual Curiosity and Critical Thinking Ability.

• Ethical practice

.• Professional membership

Identify the NATA's code of ethics

Honesty and integrity

Respect

Responsible and dependable

Competent

Mature

Empathetic

Effective communicator

Lifelong learner

List some professional responsibilities of the team physician

-medical history

-diagnoses

-reccommendation of play

-attending practices/games

-commitment sports and the athlete

-academic program medical director

Coaching is an area of specialization that is under the sports medicine "umbrella." What medical role can this area serve?

injury prevention, hydration, safety

What state has no regulation in regard to athletic trainers?

California

What is the name of the organization whose purpose is to provide a certification program for entry-level athletic trainers and recertification standards for certified athletic trainers?

BOC

When an athletic trainer treats a patient using evidence they received from systematic research it is called?

evidence based practice

List types of research would be considered the most rigorous

randomized controlled trials

What does the acronym PICO mean

-patient intervention

-interventions

-comparison

-outcome

Which database currently holds the most comprehensive collection of systematic reviews for athletic trainers

the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews