Role of AT and Admin of AT - Ch. 1/2

Question 1

when did the profession of athletic therapy first surface?

Answer 1

early 1900s with intercollegiate and interscholastic teams

Question 2

who wrote the trainer’s bible

Answer 2

S. Elik - physician

Question 3

year that the NATA was first formed

Answer 3

1950’s

Question 4

what year was when the term “certified athletic therapist was trademarked?

When was the formation of the term CAT(C)?

Answer 4

2003

1976

Question 5

when was the first AGM and convention for the athletic therapists in Canada?

Answer 5

1966

1965 is when CATA was formed

Question 6

5 domains of being an AT in CANADA

Answer 6

prevention
assessment - clinic and field
intervention - urgent care or clinical care
practice management
professional responsibilities - ethics and conduct

Question 7

5 step in evidence based practice

Answer 7

1. dev. clinical question (recall PICO - patient condition, intervention, comparison, outcomes)
2. search literature
3. appraise Q
4. apply best evidence practice
5. assess

Question 8

what is the SORT, what does it stand for and how do you use it?

Answer 8

strength of recommendation taxonomy - used to determin level of strength of an article or research paper

A. patient oriented - consistent good evidence (metaanalysis, randomized controlled trials)

B. limited quality - inconsistent with findings

C. case studies - expert opinion and anecdotal evidence

Question 9

in order to determine if a certain intervention works, what would you use to gain information?

Answer 9

patient-centered rated outcome (PROMS)

Question 10

define the disablement model and it’s components

Answer 10

looks at the f(X)ality of the injured person and how it directly/ indirectly impacts the quality of life for that person

origin - structure that’s injured
organ - type of impairments for the body systems
person - f(x) al limitations - physically
social - how does that affect their quality of life overall

Question 11

what can PROMs tell you?

Answer 11

minimally clinical important difference - how little of a training stimulus do you need in order to see the benefits one can get from txment or training

Question 12

if you’re nationally certified, does that make you eligible to practice anywhere in the nation?

Answer 12

that depends!

provinces may need you to be registered under their regional chapter in order to be able to practice in their area - you must know the certain practices that are allowed (ex. BC you cannot collar and board someone, you must wait for EMS to arrive) - if not you can t practice in that province and call yourself an AT

same with licenses and certifications

Question 13

how do you determine the quality of your AT business using the SWOT?

Answer 13

strengths - what do you have that no one has
weaknesses - what can you improve on
opportunities - what can you offer that is unique to your company or brand
threats - what threats can you foresee happening? any other threats from other clinics?

Question 14

in working in n institution as an AT, what must you consider when treating?

Answer 14

to what extent can you treat the athlete, institution (faculty and staff), community

Question 15

when budgeting for an AT program/ clinic what expenses must you consider?

Answer 15

expendable - non-reusable (tape)
non-expendable - reuable (tensors)

non-consumerable capital: tables, beds, hydrocollar packs
vs.
capital (things that you could take out of the clinic) - crutches, coolers

Question 16

in an ergonomic assessment setting working with bunch of robotic office workers, what two options you can use to help them achieve better postural or movement mechanics?

Answer 16

work conditioning - 3x/week - 3/4hr a day

work hardening - therapeutic treatment 8hrs/day 5x/week

Question 17

what is the problem with having medical files on the computer?

Answer 17

may be easier to be hacked unless encrypted with a password

Question 18

explain what the 5 stages of Tanner’s maturity assessment looks like?

Answer 18

physician will look at pubic hair and genital growth for boys and pubic hair and breast growth for girls - assesses how much maturity the kid has

level 1 - no sign of puberty at all
level 5 - full developement of kid

**caution of level 3 (where the growth plates are 2-3x weaker than ligaments and tendons) (roughly from grade 7-12)

kids should be matched by MATURITY AND NOT BY AGE

Question 19

if there’s an athlete that you find that there’s a heart murmur or that they have any congenital problems that may not be suited for sport, is it your call or the physician’s call to take them out? under what grounds?

Answer 19

the physician, under sound medical evidence