COURSE SYLLABUS FORMAT
Southeast Missouri State University
Department of: Health, Human Performance, and Recreation
Course No. HL 481
Title of Course: Practicum in Athletic Training V
Revision:
New:
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Fall 2010
Department Approved: ______
College Council Approved: ______
Graduate Council Approved: ______
I.
Catalog Description and Credit Hours: Final supervised clinical experience. Focus includes the development,
implementation, documentation of comprehensive injury/illness treatment plans including psychological,
nutritional, pharmacological, and general medical considerations. (1 credit hour)
II.
Prerequisites: HL 265; HL 384; HL 444.
III.
Purpose or Objective of the Course:
A. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan including an initial assessment and rehabilitation program for
injuries involving the lower extremity.
B. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan including an initial assessment and rehabilitation program for
injuries involving the upper extremity.
C. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan including an initial assessment and rehabilitation program for
injuries involving the head and/cervical spine.
D. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan including an initial assessment and rehabilitation program for
injuries involving a general medical condition.
E. Develop a comprehensive treatment plan including an initial assessment and rehabilitation program for
injuries involving the thorax and/or lumbar spine.
F. Demonstrate the proper documentation methods for each comprehensive treatment plan.
IV.
Expectations of Students:
A. Each student will be expected to actively participate in class discussions.
B. All students in the course will complete a clinical experience in a setting or a combination of settings under
the supervision of an approved clinical instructor (ACI). The Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator
will assign each student to a clinical setting or combination of settings. Each student will be evaluated by their
assigned ACI in conjunction with the instructor of this course twice during each of their assigned clinical
rotations. The instructor of this course determines the final evaluation score of each student. Students must
earn a minimum of a 2 (Likert scale 1-4) on their mid-semester and final clinical evaluations to earn the
indicated number of points for each evaluation. It is the student’s responsibility to make an appointment with
their ACI to receive both their mid-semester and final evaluations.
C. Complete an average of 20 hours per week during your clinical assignment. The Extenuating Circumstance
policy does apply to the weekly required hours. If the average weekly hour requirement is not obtained, no
points are awarded for the clinical hour requirement of the course.
D. Students will write four reflection papers discussing their current clinical rotation experiences. The papers
should be a minimum of one page must be turned in on the due date indicated in the course schedule.
Assignments less than a page will not be accepted by the instructor.
E. Students must pass each assigned clinical proficiency associated with this course. The clinical proficiencies
may be assessed during the class time or, preferably, at assigned clinical rotations with an ACI. If the student
does not pass a clinical proficiency, the failed proficiency will result in no points awarded for clinical
proficiency assessment.
F. This course must be completed in the original curriculum sequence that is set for all athletic training students.
To advance to the next set of core athletic training courses, each student must pass the class with a grade of
‘C’ or better. If you earn a grade lower than a ‘C’, you will not matriculate to the next set of core athletic
training courses.
V.
VI.
Course Content or Outline:
Hours
A. Review of lower extremity injuries, assessment methods,
and rehabilitation techniques.
B. Review of upper extremity injuries, assessment methods,
and rehabilitation techniques.
C. Review of general medical conditions, assessment methods,
and rehabilitation techniques.
D. Review of head and cervical spine injuries, assessment methods,
and rehabilitation techniques.
E. Review of thorax, lumbar and abdominal injuries, assessment methods,
and rehabilitation techniques.
F. Review of the appropriate application
and implementation of therapeutic modalities.
G. Review of the appropriate medical documentation methods.
5
5
2
5
5
6
2
Total Hours=30
Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Materials or Equipment:
Required:
ATrack
Clinical Proficiency Manual (Greicar and Mulholland)
Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain, 5th Ed., Kendall, et al.
Orthopedic Physical Assessment, 5th Ed., Magee.
Foundations of Athletic Training, 4th Ed., Anderson et al.
VII.
Basis for Student Evaluation:
30%
30%
5%
30%
5%
Clinical Proficiencies
Clinical Hours
Mid-semester evaluation
End of the semester evaluation
Reflection papers
A=100-90%
B=89-80%
C=79-70%
D=69-60%
F=59% and below
VIII.
IX.
Academic Integrity:
The application of the Southeast Missouri State University Academic Policy as found in the Undergraduate
Bulletin will be fully adhered to in this course.
Statement of Academic Accommodations:
If any member of this class feels that he/she has a disability and requires special accommodations of any nature
whatsoever, the professor will work with you and the Learning Enrichment Center to provide reasonable
accommodations to ensure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in this class. Please advise the professor of
such a disability and the desired accommodations at some point before or immediately after the first scheduled
class period.