Study Guide For The Board Of Certification Inc Athletic Trainer Certification Examination

A complete roadmap to success on the Board of Certification Athletic Trainer Certification Examination. This popular study guide delivers everything students need to sit for the exam with confidence.

This new Study Guide for Athletic Training students provides a framework to begin certification examination preparation. Students will use this to focus their study as a part of a preparation program. The outline format allows students to look over chapters at a glance to determine potential deficiencies in recall. The text mimics the current Board of Certification (BOC) examination format and focuses exclusively on the 12 NATA Educational Competencies as the framework. The text also offers the reader a concise look at anatomy and physiology with many tables and pictures for the visual learner. The book is the only BOC examination preparation guide that includes content with the 2000+ questions. An accompanying interactive DVD-ROM includes videos, animations, images, interactive quizzes, labeling exercises, supplemental content, and more.

"This study guide for the Board of Certification (BOC) exam was inspired and developed as a result of a strong passion for our profession. Athletic training is a unique health care profession in that the athletic trainer is often in the position of experiencing the results of their efforts. The patients' victories are our victories, and their losses are our losses. We become friends, mentors, counselors, teachers, guardians, protectors, and healers. It takes a special individual to become a proficient and dedicated professional athletic trainer. Long hours are spent in the athletic training facility, classroom, and field experience venues preparing for the final exam that will allow you to place the letters "ATC" behind your name. Our intent in writing this study guide is to assist you in accomplishing that final goal of passing the BOC exam. It is an accumulation of dedicated research and past experience. We have included a section on study techniques to assist you in your preparation for the exam and a general overview of the exam format to help you organize your thoughts. This guide has been divided into 7 chapters: Study Techniques and Test-Taking Strategies, General Information and the Examination Format, Knowledge Assessment, Clinical Decision Making, Skills Assessment, Critical Thinking, and What to Do if You Do Not Pass the First Time. The multiple-choice and true/false questions in Chapter 3 have been organized according to the BOC's Practice Analysis, 7th ed Educational Domains and are also subdivided into related athletic training subjects to allow you to assess specific subjects in which you may be weak and those in which your strengths lie. Although this study guide will assist you in preparing for the certification exam, it should not be used in place of your textbooks or other sources of study from your academic program. It is not intended to be a practice exam; it is meant only to be used as an adjunct source of information and to tie everything you have learned in the classroom and during your clinical education experiences together. In Chapters 1 and 2, we have provided some specific tools to help you organize yourself up to 6 months prior to the examination. Chapter 3, Knowledge Assessment, consists of more than 1400 study questions. The majority of the multiple choice and true/false questions is a "mixed bag" of subjects derived from the BOC's Practice Analysis Educational Domains, and the balance covers most of the related subject matter of athletic training, as previously mentioned. Chapter 4, Clinical Decision Making, tests your ability to make appropriate judgment calls and improve your problem-solving skills. Each problem presents a specific scenario with several possible options that you can choose to follow. Chapter 5, Skills Assessment, is composed of 26 problems that are designed to test your manual athletic training skills. Chapter 6, Critical Thinking, is composed of scenario-based problems designed to test your ability to develop differential diagnoses. Chapter 7, What to Do if You Do Not Pass the First Time, is directed at helping you if your test results are not favorable. We have included some suggestions on how to deal with the immediate difficulties not passing may cause and how to begin the process of developing a new approach for your next attempt. Provided you have applied the information you have learned in the classroom and on the field to the study strategies we have offered in this manual, you will not need to read this final chapter. The 7th Edition also features an online component with a variety of questions. You can test your knowledge with these exams and receive the results for each when completed. Also, at the end of each sample exam, you will be able to review the questions along with the correct answers for a complete and comprehensive review. We wish you luck and look forward to welcoming you as a colleague"--

***Includes Practice Test Questions*** Secrets of the NATA-BOC Exam helps you ace the Board of Certification Candidate Examination, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Secrets of the NATA-BOC Exam study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Secrets of the NATA-BOC Exam includes: The 5 Secret Keys to NATA-BOC Test Success: Time is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid Fact Traps, Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; A comprehensive review including: Males vs. Females, Anorexia vs. Bulimia, Ergogenic Aids, Illegal Ergogenic Aids, Concussions, Modalities, Three Modes Of Heat Transfer, Exercise Principles, Axial Skeleton, Appendicular Skeleton, Muscular System, Types Of Muscle Fibers, Sprain vs. Strain, Close & Loose Packed Positions, Conditions, Fractures, Nutrition Review, Key Anatomy Facts, Movement Terms, Lever Review, Muscle Basics, Strength And Endurance, Techniques Of Resistance Training, Key Formulas, Fitness Misconceptions, Types Of Movers, Vocabulary, BMI, Professional Concerns, Simulation Examination, Practical Examination, and much more...

Administrative Topics in Athletic Training: Concepts to Practice is a dynamic text that addresses important administrative issues and procedures as well as fundamental concepts, strategies, and techniques related to the management of all aspects of an athletic training health care delivery system. Unlike traditional organization and administration textbooks, this text delivers a multitude of content focused on classical management theory. Drs. Gary Harrelson, Greg Gardner, and Andrew Winterstein have presented a balance of theory and application in Administrative Topics in Athletic Training: Concepts to Practice, including case studies and scenarios in each chapter to help students realize immediate application of the content. Content areas covered include: - Leadership and management theory and concepts - Risk management and legal issues - Finance - Human Resources - Ethical issues - Athletic Training Administration - Medical records and documentation - Insurance and reimbursement - Organizational skills - Improving organizational performance - Employment issues - Case studies Unique benefits and features include: - Extensive discussion of management theory - Chapters on ethics and risk management - Strong focus on professional development issues - Presentation of unique reimbursement models - Discussion of issues in the educational setting With its valuable information, insightful theoretical concepts, helpful models, and practical case studies, Administrative Topics in Athletic Training: Concepts to Practice is a valuable text for any undergraduate, entry-level, or graduate education program in athletic training.

A complete roadmap to success on the new, 2010 BOC entry-level certification exam for Athletic Trainers!

"Stands on its own as an easy-to-carry reference in the clinic. [Its] strengths… are its clear diagrams and the table format frequently used to present information. Athletic trainers and physical therapists will find this on-the-field or in-the-clinic handbook a useful reference with clear explanations and diagrams."—Advance for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants, review of a previous edition. Tap into easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance on the evaluation and initial management of specific orthopedic and athletic injuries with the companion to Examination of Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries, 4th Edition. From evaluative procedures for palpation and range of motion through neurologic, ligamentous, and special tests, everything you need now in the lab, and later in the field or in the clinic, is here. It’s a terrific preparation tool for the BOC examination, too.

Give your students the confidence to face and successfully pass the athletic training certification exam. This innovative Study Guide offers nearly 1,000 questions that will help students assess their knowledge and face the certification exam with greater peace of mind. This book also provides the same latent-image format used on the NATABOC written examination!