This course provides students with a general overview of athletic training, sports medicine and its background. It will include introductory information about the AT’s scope of practice: injury prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, emergency injury management and administrative functions as well as basic anatomy & physiology. This course is intended to help students gain an understanding of sports medicine and the job of an Athletic Trainer. Students enrolled in this class will not provide patient care.
Prerequisites: Students must complete Biology with a passing grade or permission from the instructor.