PUBLIC HEALTH, POLICY, AND PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared Athletic Training MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define public health and differentiate public health/population health from personal health. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the goals of public health, to improve health and eliminate health disparities, and how athletic training intersects with these goals. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the methods used to measure the health of populations, find causes, and develop interventions specific to athletic training settings. Audience: Graduate 4. Appraise specific policies (e.g. concussion, athletic pre-participation, catastrophic injury) that impact the provision of effective patient-centered care. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply clinical skills required for management of injuries and conditions impacted by policy. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify agencies, statutes, and standards of care that establish policies that impact athletic training practice. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define public health and differentiate public health/population health from personal health. Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the goals of public health, to improve health and eliminate health disparities, and how athletic training intersects with these goals. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the methods used to measure the health of populations, find causes, and develop interventions specific to athletic training settings. Audience: Graduate 4. Appraise specific policies (e.g. concussion, athletic pre-participation, catastrophic injury) that impact the provision of effective patient-centered care. Audience: Graduate 5. Apply clinical skills required for management of injuries and conditions impacted by policy. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify agencies, statutes, and standards of care that establish policies that impact athletic training practice. Audience: Graduate