CATA Exam Prep - Part 1 - Health Care,
Legal
What physician wrote the first major text on athletic training (The Trainer's Bible, 1917)
and was a major influence in developing athletic therapy? - ✔️✔️S.E Bilik
What are the goals of professional organizations? - ✔️✔️1) professional standards
2) bring together individuals to exchange ideas, stimulate research, promote critical
thinking
3) opportunity to work as a group - achieve objectives that separately they could not
accomplish
What are the disciplines athletic therapy draws on? - ✔️✔️exercise, medicine, physical
therapy, physical education, and sports
When did athletic therapy come into existence? - ✔️✔️19th century
International Federation of Sports Medicine - ✔️✔️- created in 1928 in Switzerland at
the Olympic Games
- purpose: to promote the study
American Academy of Family Physicians - ✔️✔️- 1947
- high quality standards for family doctors
National Athletic Trainers Association - ✔️✔️- 1950
enhance the quality of health care provided by certified athletic trainers and to advance
the athletic training profession
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - ✔️✔️-1954
- all aspects of sports
American Orthopaedic society for sports medicine (AOSSM) - ✔️✔️- 1974
- American journal of sports medicine
- develop methods for safer, more productive, and more enjoyable fitness programs and
sport participation
National Strength and Conditioning Association - ✔️✔️- 1978
- exchange ideas in strength development
- CSCS, NSCA-CPT
American Academy of Paediatrics, Sports Committee - ✔️✔️- 1981
, - special needs of children who participate in sports
American Physical Therapy Association, Sports Physical Therapy Section - ✔️✔️-
1981
NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports - ✔️✔️-
desirable training methods, prevention and treatment of sports injuries
- drug testing, drug education
- sports medicine handbook
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) - ✔️✔️- 1987
- transforming lives & revolutionizing the health and fitness industry
Percentage of ATs in hospitals/ clinics - ✔️✔️40%
Employment settings for ATs - ✔️✔️- Clinics/hospitals - largest percentage of ATs are
employed in clinics/hospitals
- Industrial/occupational settings
- Corperate settings
- Colleges/university
- Secondary school
- "full-time, on-site, athletic trainer coverage for secondary-school athletic programs" -
NATA
- pro sports
- amateur sport
- performing arts
- military - over 100 in there now
Task Force to Establish Medical Coverage for Intercollegiate Athletics (AMCIA) - ✔️✔️-
1998 by NATA
- appropriate medical coverage for all intercollegiate student-athletes
5 Domains of Athletic Training - ✔️✔️1. prevention
2. assessment
3. intervention
4. practice management
5. professional responsibility
Board of Certification (BOC) - ✔️✔️- certification of ATs since 1969
- independent non-profit corporation
Prevention (Domain) - ✔️✔️- minimize risk of injury
o pre-participation exams
o appropriate training
o environmental conditions
Legal
What physician wrote the first major text on athletic training (The Trainer's Bible, 1917)
and was a major influence in developing athletic therapy? - ✔️✔️S.E Bilik
What are the goals of professional organizations? - ✔️✔️1) professional standards
2) bring together individuals to exchange ideas, stimulate research, promote critical
thinking
3) opportunity to work as a group - achieve objectives that separately they could not
accomplish
What are the disciplines athletic therapy draws on? - ✔️✔️exercise, medicine, physical
therapy, physical education, and sports
When did athletic therapy come into existence? - ✔️✔️19th century
International Federation of Sports Medicine - ✔️✔️- created in 1928 in Switzerland at
the Olympic Games
- purpose: to promote the study
American Academy of Family Physicians - ✔️✔️- 1947
- high quality standards for family doctors
National Athletic Trainers Association - ✔️✔️- 1950
enhance the quality of health care provided by certified athletic trainers and to advance
the athletic training profession
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) - ✔️✔️-1954
- all aspects of sports
American Orthopaedic society for sports medicine (AOSSM) - ✔️✔️- 1974
- American journal of sports medicine
- develop methods for safer, more productive, and more enjoyable fitness programs and
sport participation
National Strength and Conditioning Association - ✔️✔️- 1978
- exchange ideas in strength development
- CSCS, NSCA-CPT
American Academy of Paediatrics, Sports Committee - ✔️✔️- 1981
, - special needs of children who participate in sports
American Physical Therapy Association, Sports Physical Therapy Section - ✔️✔️-
1981
NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports - ✔️✔️-
desirable training methods, prevention and treatment of sports injuries
- drug testing, drug education
- sports medicine handbook
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) - ✔️✔️- 1987
- transforming lives & revolutionizing the health and fitness industry
Percentage of ATs in hospitals/ clinics - ✔️✔️40%
Employment settings for ATs - ✔️✔️- Clinics/hospitals - largest percentage of ATs are
employed in clinics/hospitals
- Industrial/occupational settings
- Corperate settings
- Colleges/university
- Secondary school
- "full-time, on-site, athletic trainer coverage for secondary-school athletic programs" -
NATA
- pro sports
- amateur sport
- performing arts
- military - over 100 in there now
Task Force to Establish Medical Coverage for Intercollegiate Athletics (AMCIA) - ✔️✔️-
1998 by NATA
- appropriate medical coverage for all intercollegiate student-athletes
5 Domains of Athletic Training - ✔️✔️1. prevention
2. assessment
3. intervention
4. practice management
5. professional responsibility
Board of Certification (BOC) - ✔️✔️- certification of ATs since 1969
- independent non-profit corporation
Prevention (Domain) - ✔️✔️- minimize risk of injury
o pre-participation exams
o appropriate training
o environmental conditions
