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General Information |
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Because the BS Degree in
Athletic Training signifies that the
holder is a clinician prepared for entry into the practice of athletic
training within a variety of employment and education settings, it
follows that graduates must have the knowledge and skills to function in
a variety of clinical situations and to render a wide spectrum of
patient care. Technical standards refer to admission
criteria that go beyond academic requirements for admission that
represent essential requirements for admission to the program.
Therefore, technical standards related to physical or mental
abilities have been established for the program and will be reviewed for
all students, both applying and continuing in the Program.
Those standards are listed below: |
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Technical standards |
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Observation
Candidates must
be able to observe demonstrations and experiments in the basic sciences.
These include but are not limited to courses in human anatomy,
biology, chemistry, and physics. A candidate must be
able to observe a patient accurately at a distance and close at hand.
Observation requires the functional use of the senses of vision,
hearing, smell, and touch. Candidates must have
sufficient use of the senses of vision and hearing and the somatic
sensation necessary to perform palpation, auscultation, and other
physical examination maneuvers. |
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Complex Learning
Candidates must be able to
analyze, synthesize, solve problems, and reach assessment and
therapeutic judgments. These complex tasks are
essential to being able to learn and perform routine prevention,
assessment, emergency care, and therapeutic procedures.
In addition, the most difficult level of intellectual achievement
is to be able to display good judgment in the assessment and treatment
of injured or ill athletes and physically active individuals.
To accomplish this, students must have the mental capacity for
complex thought as demonstrated in pre-requisite college level course
work and in standardized testing.
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Neuromuscular Function
Candidates must be able to
participate in basic assessment and therapeutic maneuvers and
procedures. They are expected to be able to lift, bend, kneel, push,
stabilize, resist and grasp using the body and extremities. To
accomplish these physical tasks, students must have the physical
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Communication
Candidates must be able to relate verbally and professionally to
athletes and the physically active and to establish sensitive,
professional relationships with them. They are
expected to be able to communicate the results of assessment verbally
and in writing to the injured or ill exerciser, and as appropriate to
responsible officials, to parents or guardians, and to colleagues with
accuracy, clarity, and efficiency. To accomplish
this the facility of speech, writing, and typing are essential.
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Behavior
Candidates must be able to learn to respond with precise, quick, and
appropriate action in emergency situations. In every
professional situation they are expected to be able to accept criticism
and respond by appropriate modification of behavior.
Candidates are expected to possess the perseverance, diligence, courage,
and consistency to complete the athletic training degree curriculum as
outlined and sequenced. Students are expected to
demonstrate balanced emotional responses when faced with extreme
situations so that they neither withdraw nor become overwhelmed and thus
their judgments and abilities are rendered useless.
To accomplish this, students must be free of psychological disorders and
drug dependence that would render them incapable of professional
practice or harmful to the public in a professional practice setting.
Students must also be eligible for professional license.
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Notes |
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Not all students are expected to
achieve the same level of proficiency with all technical skills; some
skills are so essential to the practice of athletic training, that
mastery must be achieved, with the assistance of reasonable
accommodation where necessary. Reasonable accommodations will be
provided to assist in learning, performing, and satisfying the technical
standards. Technological compensation can be made for some disabilities
in certain areas of the technical standards, but a candidate must meet
the essential technical standards in such a way that he or she will be
able to perform in a reasonably independent manner. The use of a
trained intermediary is not acceptable in many clinical situations,
because it implies that a candidate's judgment must be mediated by
someone else's power of observation and selection. Continuing students
are held to the same technical standards.
If
you may not meet these standards, we encourage you to contact the
program director. The program will discuss possible accommodations that
may be made and will then contact the Office of Student Disability
Services.
University
of Iowa DISABILITY PROTECTION POLICY
The University of Iowa, as authorized by Section 503 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment
Assistance Act of 1974, shall take affirmative steps to employ and
advance the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and
qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam Era at all
levels of employment. The affirmative action policy applies to, but is
not limited to, the following employment practices: Hiring, Upgrading,
Demotion, Transfer, Recruitment, Recruitment Advertising, Layoff,
Termination, Rates of Pay/Order Forms of Compensation, Selection for
Training (including Apprenticeship).
The University of Iowa endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for
the functional limitations of applicants/employees and students with
disabilities and disabled veterans pursuant to the Americans with
Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
Applicants/employees and students with disabilities at The University of
Iowa are protected from coercion, retaliation, interferences, or
discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in an investigation
of a complaint under the aforementioned Acts. All complaints will be
handled confidentially.
Disabled applicants/employees, students, disabled veterans, or veterans
of the Vietnam Era desiring more information should contact the
Office of Affirmative Action
at (319) 335-0705 (voice telephone) or (319) 335-0697 (text telephone).
A copy of the Affirmative Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities,
Disabled Veterans, and Veterans of the Vietnam Era may be obtained from
or is available for review at the Office of Affirmative Action, 202
Jessup Hall, Monday-Friday during business hours, 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Students desiring more information should contact Student Disability
Services, (319) 335-1462 (voice and text telephone).
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