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KINES 657

ROLE TRANSITION AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING

1 credit.

Addresses role transition and professional practice issues facing athletic trainers. Emphasis on identifying gaps in skills and expertise, recognizing communication needs, and role socialization skills for future development during final preceptorship placements and entrance into the healthcare workforce. Board of Certification preparation strategies are explored.

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Requisites: KINES 623 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Appraise issues facing newly credentialed athletic trainers as they transition to professional practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss strategies for successful socialization to various athletic training employment settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify gaps in professional knowledge, skills, and abilities using preceptorship evaluations, self-assessment examinations, and self-reflection activities. Audience: Graduate 4. Design an individual professional development plan to address gaps in professional knowledge, skills, and abilities to address in future preceptorship placements. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop an individualized Board of Certification exam preparation plan. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify current issues in athletic training for the purpose of professional advocacy and engagement. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Appraise issues facing newly credentialed athletic trainers as they transition to professional practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Discuss strategies for successful socialization to various athletic training employment settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Identify gaps in professional knowledge, skills, and abilities using preceptorship evaluations, self-assessment examinations, and self-reflection activities. Audience: Graduate 4. Design an individual professional development plan to address gaps in professional knowledge, skills, and abilities to address in future preceptorship placements. Audience: Graduate 5. Develop an individualized Board of Certification exam preparation plan. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify current issues in athletic training for the purpose of professional advocacy and engagement. Audience: Graduate

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