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Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training & Fitness Instruction, 4th Student Edition, 4th Edition
Overview
Aligned with NATA Standards, SPORTS MEDICINE ESSENTIALS: CORE CONCEPTS IN ATHLETIC TRAINING & FITNESS INSTRUCTION, 4th Edition provides an in-depth introduction to careers in sports medicine, including fitness instruction, athletic training, exercise physiology, and sports management. The text emphasizes the development of essential, job-related skills through hands-on learning opportunities. Key topics include fitness assessment, conditioning, emergency preparedness, injury management, therapeutic modalities, nutrition, and ethical and legal considerations. Students engage in practical activities such as taping injuries, researching the costs of sports medicine supplies, and forming mock safety committees to reduce injury risks for athletes. The 4th Edition introduces over 70 video activities via MindTap, showcasing skills like taping and wrapping, upper and lower extremity assessments, therapeutic modality applications, and physical fitness evaluations. This comprehensive resource immerses students in the dynamic field of sports medicine, offering both print and digital formats for flexible learning.
- New co-author! Rikki Watson, ATC, has over 20 years of experience in the field of sports medicine as a certified athletic trainer.
- Newly developed video activities build essential skill practice and real-world experience. Within MindTap, 70+ videos of educational material allow students to practice skills independently. The videos include taping and wrapping skills, assessment skills for upper and lower extremity, applications of therapeutic modalities, and physical fitness assessments.
- Each chapter now has lesson plans that’re designed to help guide educators in preparing lessons for their course. Each lesson plan follows the 5E Model of Instruction and is divided into the 5 phases of instruction: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. Corresponding PowerPoint presentations are also available to help engage students in the chapter lessons.
- Updated subject matter to reflect current medical updates and standards within the profession.
- Added case studies to introduce real-life content and subject matter. Students are given specific cases to study in each chapter to illustrate general principles being studied in the course.
- Added end-of-section review questions. Each learning objective aligns with a chapter section and at the end of each section, students will find a review question. This review question provides the students with feedback of comprehension of the learning objective aligned with each section.
- New and revised end-of-chapter questions. Students will learn how to apply their skills and knowledge of chapter content with authentic tasks, such as open-response discussion questions, critical thinking assignments, group activities, creating portfolios, writing assignments and other skill evaluations.
- Added signature “Essentials box”, a fun and interesting facts category, designed to inspire students to delve into further exploration of the subject matter and content.
- At the end of select chapters, event summaries are added to inspire students to research HOSA competitive events.
- Key information relating to the National Athletic Trainers Association certifications helps students identify must-know topics for testing.
- Complements a wide variety of learning styles with text and eBook formats, colorful artwork and photos, hands-on enrichment activities, a supplemental workbook, and much more.
- Detailed look at the many career possibilities emerging in the sports medicine field, including academic requirements and professional certifications needed.
- In addition to photos and illustrations, the book includes step-by-step instruction on taping athlete injuries, vital signs assessments, conditioning exercises, and other critical trainer skills.
- Incorporates anatomy and physiology in lessons, establishing a strong foundation for next-level training and studies.
2. Legal Considerations and Administration
3. Medical Conditions
4. Emergency Preparedness and Assessment
5. Infection Control and Bloodborne Pathogens
6. Vital Signs Assessment
7. Basic Life Support
8. Environmental Conditions
9. Injuries to the Tissues
10. Assembling the First Aid Kits and Equipment Bags
11. Taping and Wrapping
12. Injuries to the Head and Spine
13. Injuries to the Upper Extremity
14. Injuries to the Chest and Abdomen
15. Injuries to the Pelvis and Lower Extremities
16. Return to Play
17. Therapeutic Modalities
18. Therapeutic Exercise for Rehabilitation
19. Strength and Conditioning Specialist
20. Physical Fitness Assessment
21. Nutrition and Weight Management
22. Physical Conditioning
23. Designing a Conditioning Program
24. The Promotional Point: Career Readiness and Business Promotions
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