Loose Leaf for Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach with Connect Access Card

by Prentice, William

• ISBN13: 9781259659164
• ISBN10: 125965916X
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2015-03-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach is designed to be used by athletic trainers in courses concerned with the scientific, evidence-based and clinical foundations of athletic training and sports medicine. The text leads the student from general foundations to specific concepts relative to injury prevention, evaluation, management, and rehabilitation. As the student progresses from beginning to end, he or she will understand the complexities of the profession of athletic training. An over-arching goal of the text is to make certain that each and every one of the educational competencies identified by the Education Council is specifically covered. After using this text the student should be able to apply the appropriate techniques and concepts in the day-to-day performance of his or her job as an athletic trainer.

Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective. It provides tools that make assessment easier, learning more engaging, and studying more efficient. For instance, Connect contains SmartBook, the first and only adaptive reading experience available for the higher education market. Powered by the intelligent and adaptive LearnSmart engine, SmartBook facilitates the reading process by identifying what content a student knows and doesn’t know. As a student reads Principles of Athletic Training: A Competency-Based Approach, the material continuously adapts to ensure that he or she is focused on the content most crucial to closing specific knowledge gaps.