Sports Medicine and Health Care Professions
HEALTH SCIENCE & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Patient Care Pathway: Sports Medicine & Health Care Professions
MEDICAL CAREERS
9675
Certification(s): Adult First Aid, Stop the Bleed, Sudden Cardiac Death, Concussion for Students, & Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Medical Careers trains students for entry-level occupations in the medical/health field and to standards required of workers in the field. Students learn the ethical and legal responsibilities of the health care worker, safety, HIPAA, transmission based precautions, body mechanics, transporting duties, human anatomy and physiology, normal function of body systems, advanced terminology, and vital signs. Also included are health care delivery systems, regulatory agencies, research, current technology, and socio-economic issues affecting health care. Students research career opportunities in therapeutic, diagnostic, and supportive areas. Medical Careers is UC approved as a “G” Elective requirement.
SPORTS MEDICINE & THERAPY HONORS
1517
Prerequisite: Medical Careers
Certification(s): Basic Life Support - CPR & AED, Emergency Action Plans, Heat Illness, Sports Nutrition, Concussion for Sports, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Communicable Skin Infection
This course introduces students to the field of Sports Medicine by preparing those who are interested in seeking NATA-BOC certification to become athletic trainers, they will also be taught information that is pertinent to other therapeutic and sports medicine related sub-disciplines. This course is for students who are interested in the practical and theoretical aspects of sports injury prevention, recognition, treatment, and care of sport-related injuries. Students will learn basic anatomy and physiology of the human body, mechanisms of sports injury, basic injury evaluation, emergency response, sports therapy modalities including taping, wrapping, protective bracing, equipment fitting, follow up care and use of equipment and techniques to aid patients in rehabilitation. Students will also learn principles of fitness and conditioning, nutrition and how sports medicine is part of an integrated health care delivery system as well as the administrative functions in the sports medicine field. The course consists of 180 hours of classroom instruction and 90 hours recommended on-the-job training, called Community Classroom/Cooperative Vocational Education (CC/CVE). Students will use laboratory and practicum work to perform, experience and learn through the scientific methods of observation, investigation, experimentation, data collection and data analysis of the skills in sports medicine. The goal of this course is for students to understand the varied aspects of sports medicine and the role that they fill in a physically active community. Sports Medicine & Therapy Honors is UC approved as a “G” Elective requirement.