Management Strategies in Athletic Training - Rilegato

Konin, Jeff G., Ph.D.; Ray, Richard

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ISBN 10: 1492536180 ISBN 13: 9781492536185

Casa editrice: Human Kinetics, 2018

Riassunto

Athletic trainers require more administrative knowledge than ever before, and Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, is designed to help them master that knowledge.

The latest edition of this respected text prepares athletic trainers to be successful in any setting and with any clientele. It does so by presenting new material that covers trends and issues that today’s athletic trainers are facing.

New to this Edition

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, offers a great deal of new content:

• A new chapter on the profession, addressing its history, differentiation between various NATA committees, the evolution of athletic training, and more

• A new chapter on professional advocacy that explains how bills become law, the need for advocacy in the profession, the value of youth sport safety legislation, and more

• New content on documentation, injury surveillance, NATA position statements, reimbursement and salary issues, and new athletic training CPT codes

• A new appendix that lists each state’s scope of practice, board and structure, and regulations for athletic training

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, also includes thoroughly updated content in many areas:

• Preparticipation physical exam standards and drug education and testing standards

• Emergency planning

• Health care financial management

• Legal testimony and depositions

• Ethical practices in sports medicine

• Legal standards

• Employment settings

• Negotiation skills

• OSHA requirements for health care facilities

Ancillaries

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, comes with these ancillaries:

• An instructor guide that is loaded with useful instructional aids, including student activity suggestions, extra case studies, suggested readings, and a sample syllabus

• Chapter quizzes with 183 questions you can use to generate tests and quizzes

• An image bank that includes the majority of the figures and tables from the text, which you can use in creating your presentations

Text Features

At the end of each chapter, you will find two helpful tools: case studies with questions for analysis, which will help students apply concepts and theories to real-world situations, and a key concepts review section that repeats the chapter objectives and shows how the chapter addressed those objectives.

The text also provides these pedagogical aids to enhance the student learning experience:

• Key words

• Pearls of Management sidebars that provide insights that readers will find useful during their careers as athletic trainers

• Glossary

• Chapter objectives

• Sample forms

• Key Points (nuggets of practical information)

Strong Content for Many Audiences

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive resource for all athletic trainers, meeting the bulk of the discipline-specific content for an entry-level athletic training curriculum. The text is suitable for entry-level students preparing for credentialing and certification, graduate students preparing for credentialing or working toward an advanced degree, athletic training residents seeking to reinforce and apply leadership techniques in their residency, and practicing athletic trainers who want to update their knowledge and skills in athletic training administration.

Equipped to Meet Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges

Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Fifth Edition, is the ideal text to prepare athletic trainers of the future to deal effectively with the many administrative and managerial challenges they will face in an increasingly complex and changing health care environment. Practitioners will find the book’s contemporary approach to addressing today’s management culture very refreshing.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jeff G. Konin, PhD, ATC, PT, FACSM, FNATA, is chair of the physical therapy department and a Ryan Research professor of neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island (URI) as well as an adjunct professor in the department of family medicine at Brown University. Dr. Konin is a founding partner in The Rehberg Konin Group, which provides scientific investigation, research, and litigation support services for incidents involving sports, physical activity, and rehabilitation. He is the author of the textbooks Clinical Athletic Training; Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination; Documentation for Athletic Training; Reimbursement for Athletic Training; Sports Medicine Conditions—Return to Play: Recognition, Treatment, Planning; Rehabilitation from the Perspective of the Athletic Trainer/Physical Therapist; Working as a Team Physician; Practical Kinesiology for the Physical Therapist Assistant; and Sports Emergency Care. He is a coauthor of the NATA position statement Preparticipation Physical Examinations and Disqualifying Conditions, a contributing writer to the NATA’s Best Practice Guidelines for Athletic Training Documentation, and a contributor to the NATA’s Sports Medicine Legal Digest newsletter.

Konin is a fellow of both the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He is a recipient of the NATA Service Award (2008), the NATA Continuing Education Excellence Award (2008), the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association Education/Administration Athletic Trainer of the Year Award (2010), and the NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award (2011).

Konin received his doctorate in physical therapy from Nova Southeastern University, a master of physical therapy from the University of Delaware, a master of education from the University of Virginia, and a bachelor of science from Eastern Connecticut State University.

Richard Ray, EdD, ATC, is provost emeritus and a professor of kinesiology at Hope College. He has been a member of the Hope College faculty since 1982 and previously served as the college’s chief academic officer, dean for the social sciences, and chair of the department of kinesiology. He was the college's head athletic trainer, and he developed the academic program in athletic training at Hope. He is the author of more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and three books on sports medicine, leadership in higher education, and health care management.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Human Kinetics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1492536180
• ISBN 13: 9781492536185
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 5
• Numero di pagine: 367
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile