MS Athletic Training ( )

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1 MS Athletic Training ( ) Program Information Point of Contact Mark Timmonsm ATC PhD Support for University and College Missions Marshall University is a multi campus public university providing innovative undergraduate and graduate education that contributes to the development of society and the individual. The University actively facilitates learning through the preservation, discovery, synthesis, and dissemination of knowledge. University Mission Programs must state their Program Mission and specify how this mission supports both the University's Mission as well as any Mission that the College the Program is housed under happens to have. College Mission Consistent with the mission of Marshall University, the College of Health Professions (COHP) is committed to offering quality undergraduate and graduate nursing and health professions education. The focus of the College of Health Professions is upon being interactive with the community, including rural and underserved areas, and responding to contemporary and future needs of society, nursing, and the health professions. Program Mission The Masters of Science in Athletic Training degree advances the knowledge base and clinical skill set of students that are already Certified Athletic Trainers. The program is designed to build on the student s existing knowledge in the field of Athletic Training and improve the clinical skills the student acquired as a result of their undergraduate education program and clinical practices. The program allows the student to increase their entry level preparation while under the guidance of Certified Athletic Trainers with greater clinical and educational experience. Successful completion of the program provides the Certified Athletic Trainer with the clinical experience and knowledge required to work as an automatous health care professional within the field of Sportsmedicine. Support for College Mission The Masters of Science in Athletic Training is a program of study within the School of Kinesiology and the College of Health Professions. The School of Kinesiology seeks to study, understand, practice, and promote human physical activity and wellness. Because physical activity and wellness are human phenomena, kinesiology is a holistic discipline that examines physical activity and wellness in a truly inter disciplinary manner. The School of Kinesiology embraces humanistic, scientific, professional, theoretical, and practical inquiry into physical activity, health, and wellness. This breadth of perspectives allows the members of the School of Kinesiology, both faculty and students, to pursue a variety of ends including: athletic training, biomechanics, disease prevention, exercise science, fitness, health promotion, play, rehabilitation, and sport and sport management

2 Support for University Mission Students in the program provide service to the University in two distinct and unique ways. First, the post professional Master s student provides clinical services to the University s Athletic Training facilities, providing health care to Marshall University completive athletes. This allows the student to implement the clinical skills they acquired during their entry level education. The student is able to develop working professional relationships with other professional Athletic Trainers and healthcare providers. The second service that post professional Master s students provides to the university is, providing mentorship for students of the entry level Athletic Training program that is offered by the School of Kinesiology in the College of Health Professions. Each of these roles filled by the Post professional Master students is vital to the continuing development the students in the program and helps the University service it s undergraduate Athletic Training Education Program and the University s Athletic Department.

3 Learning Outcomes Using the published literature, students will evaluate best practices in the assessment of musculature injury. Assessment Point 1 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level HS 646 Apply the the concepts of clinical test specificity and sensitivity to the evaluation of MSK injury Capstone Assessment Point 2 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level HS 688 Thesis or special project Advanced Students will identify gaps in knowledge of the existing Athletic Training literature and develop working hypothesis and research methods in order to fill the identified gap in the Athletic Training knowledge. Assessment Point 1 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level ESS 670 Write a research question and develop working hypothesis Capstone Assessment Point 2 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level HS 688 develop research method and collect data Advanced

4 Identify important issues to related to the professional relationship of healthcare providers, the education of Athletic Trainers and the employment of Athletic Trainiers and debate the issues. Assessment Point 1 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level HS 630 Identify the important discussion point and supporting materiel. Capstone Assessment Point 2 Embedded Assessment Expected Benchmark Level HS 630 Conduct a structured debate on several topics related to the field of Athletic Training Advanced

5 Rubrics Using the published literature, students will evaluate best practices in the assessment of musculature injury. Trait Introductory Milestone Capstone Advanced Electronic database conduct a through search of the published literature using multiple databases Combine the information identified form multiple data base search. Develop an evidence based injury evaluation plan. understand the concepts of specificity, sensitivity, +/ likelihood and minimal important difference Use the concepts to determine the optimal injury assessment plan.

6 Students will identify gaps in knowledge of the existing Athletic Training literature and develop working hypothesis and research methods in order to fill the identified gap in the Athletic Training knowledge. Trait Introductory Milestone Capstone Advanced Prepare research question and hypothesis identify the gap in the clinical and scientific literature for a topic of interest. write a research question and hypothesis Develop the research method necessary to provide data to support the hypothesis. identify the necessary research proceures collect data in support of the hypothesis.

7 Identify important issues to related to the professional relationship of healthcare providers, the education of Athletic Trainers and the employment of Athletic Trainiers and debate the issues. Trait Introductory Milestone Capstone Advanced Identify important discussion topics for the field of Athletic Training identify points of conflict and develop a strategy to support a chosen side of the conflict conduct the debate