Main description:

For more than 15 years, Clinical Skills Documentation Guide for Athletic Training has been an invaluable resource for athletic training students to learn, practice, and master clinical skill sets throughout their educational career. A textbook that can be used from the start of their education up until graduation becomes essential to this learning process. This third edition includes a more user-friendly layout for the student. Organized by the Athletic Training Education Competencies, Fifth Edition and the associated content areas, the third edition allows for easier integration into the classroom, laboratory activities, and clinical assessment.

The organization of skills around Athletic Training Education Competencies, Fifth Edition, including crosswalk information from the latest BOC Role Delineation Study/Practice Analysis, Sixth Edition, aligns the skill sheets from this book with commonly-used texts and reference materials.

What is in the new third edition:

A user-friendly layout organized by the Athletic Training Education Competencies, Fifth Edition and mapped by the BOC domains.
New clinical skill assessment forms in the areas of acute care, prevention and health promotion, and therapeutic interventions.
Includes references to specificity, sensitivity, and evidence-based practice guidelines where appropriate.
The Program Assessment chapter provides faculty with an excellent resource for tracking mastery of skills and program outcome achievement.
Instructor's materials consist of online versions of the clinical integration proficiencies. Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used for teaching in the classroom.

With an updated user-friendly layout and new clinical skill assessment forms, the new third edition will be invaluable for students, faculty, clinical preceptors, and practicing athletic trainers who want to learn or enhance understanding and mastery of essential clinical skills.

Contents:

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Section I Introduction

Chapter 1 Certification of Athletic Trainers and the Evolution of Psychomotor Skill Assessment

Chapter 2 How to Use This Book

Section II Prevention and Health Promotion

Chapter 3 Prevention and Health Promotion

Section III Clinical Examination and Diagnosis

Chapter 4 Musculoskeletal System-Region 1: Foot and Toes

Chapter 5 Musculoskeletal System-Region 2: Ankle and Lower Leg

Chapter 6 Musculoskeletal System-Region 3: Knee

Chapter 7 Musculoskeletal System-Region 4: Hip and Pelvis

Chapter 8 Musculoskeletal System-Region 5: Lumbar and Thoracic Spine

Chapter 9 Musculoskeletal System-Region 6: Cervical Spine

Chapter 10 Musculoskeletal System-Region 7: Shoulder

Chapter 11 Musculoskeletal System-Region 8: Elbow

Chapter 12 Musculoskeletal System-Region 9: Wrist and Hand

Chapter 13 Musculoskeletal System-Region 10: Head and Face

Section IV Acute Care of Injuries and Illnesses

Chapter 14 Acute Care of Injuries and Illnesses

Section V Therapeutic Interventions

Chapter 15 Therapeutic Interventions

Appendix Self-Reporting Assessment of Athletic Training Competencies

Bibliography

Financial Disclosures