Sports Medicine Basics
Thank
you for your interest in Sports Medicine at UCI. Outlined
below are the information we provide to students interested
in the Sports Medicine Internship at UCI. This internship
is an excellent primer to careers in Athletic Training,
General Medicine, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery,
Physical Therapy and Chiropractic.
 What
is an Athletic Trainer?
How
to become a Certified Athletic Trainer
How
to become a Sports Medicine Intern at UC Irvine
Sports
Medicine Internship Applications
- What
is an Athletic Trainer?
An
athletic trainer is a person who is educated in the
area of care and prevention of athletic related injuries.
The
duties of an athletic trainer include the prevention,
recognition, and immediate treatment and rehabilitation
of injuries occuring during physical activities or athletics.
Athletic trainers work closely with physicians and other
allied health professionals on a daily basis. The American
Medical Association recognized the certified atheltic
trainer as an "allied health care professional".
The trainer's basic skills are many:
| Anatomy |
Taping |
Nutrition |
| Physiology |
Bracing |
Injury
evaluation |
| Kinesiology |
Conditioning |
Rehabilitation
techniques |
| Hygiene |
Emergency
procedure |
Protective
equipment |
| Prevention
of injury |
- How
to become a Certified Athletic Trainer
Aspiring
Athletic Trainers must graduate from a CAAHEP-accredited
Athletic Training Education Curriculum.
In
addition, individuals must successfully complete a written,
practical, and oral examination. A baccalaureate degree
is the minimum educational requirement for certification;
however, over 70% of the National Athletic Trainers
Association's members possess master's degrees.
- How
to become a Sports Medicine Intern at UC Irvine
Students
interested in becoming a Sports Medicine Intern at UC
Irvine must complete the application form available
at the bottom of this page.
The
things that we encourage UC Irvine students interested
in sports medicine to do include:
-
Enroll in the Introduction to Sports Medicine class,
listed in the schedule of classes in the Campus Recreation
section. It will meet at the Carlos A. Prietto MD Sports
Medicine Center in Crawford Hall, on Wednesdays from
5:50 - 6:50 pm. During the Fall Quarter, the course
covers ankle injuries, Winter Quarter, knee injuries
and in Spring Quarter, shoulder injuries. The courses
are required if you are going to volunteer in the Sports
Medicine Internship Program.
-
Sign up for membership in the Sports Medicine Club.
The club meets at 6:50 pm on
Wednesday, immediately following the Intro to Sports
Medicine class. The Sports
Medicine Club is eligible to attend the Advanced Sports
Medicine Lectures
from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Wednesday evenings. The list
of past lecture topics is
available on http://www.sportsmed.uci.edu/lectures/
-
Students enrolled in the Introduction to Sports Medicine
class will be given the opportunity to participate in
Observation in the sports medicine center. For 1.3 s
pass/no pass units, the student must complete 60 hours
of observation and write a 3-5 page case study.
- All
students that observe in sports medicine are evaluated
for becoming part of the sports medicine internship
program as a sports medicine intern that works directly
with our Division I Intercollegiate Athletic and dance
programs. We are interested in students that want to
become involved. Our program has been very successful
in placing student in advanced degree programs in Athletic
Training, Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Medicine.
- All
sports medicine interns are required to enroll in the
class titled "Care and Treatment of Athletic Injuries"
offered at Irvine Valley College on Monday evenings
from 7:00 PM- 10:00 PM during the fall semester.
-
Students that continue in the Sports Medicine Internship
will be required to take the Dance 120 class in the
Spring Quarter. This course is titled "Health and
Injury of High Impact Activity," and is a 4 unit
graded class that is a teleconferencing course offered
in association with UC Davis, on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings. . The course pre-requisite is the "Care
& Treatment of Athletic Injuries".course at
Irvine Valley College.
- We
encourage students interested in Athletic Training,
Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy and Medicine to take
classes relating to their interest. Depending on the
graduate program of interest, individual
programs have different pre-requisites. Included in
those recommended classes are:
- Care
& Prevention of Athletic Injuries (Irvine Valley
College, Fall semester)
- Health
and Injury in High Impact Activity (UCI Dance 104,
Spring)
- Kinesiology
(Dance 100)
-
Physiology (Bio Sci or JC)
- Anatomy
(JC)
- Exercise
Physio (Bio Sci 183, Fall quarter)
- Nutrition
(Bio Sci 8)
- Peer
Health Advisor (Health education / Social Ecology)
-
Sports Psychology (UCI Dr. Stephanie McEwan)
UCI Sports Medicine welcomes students with an interest
in Sports Medicine, Athletic Training
and Physical Therapy. UC Irvine and UC Irvine Sports
Medicine has created many opportunities for our interns
and staff over the years. Our internship alumni continue
to grow in number. Our goal with the volunteer experience
in sports medicine is to offer student experiences
working in the field of sports medicine,
physical therapy and athletic training. Additionally,
observers will see what Orthopedic Surgeons, Primary
Care Sports Medicine Physicians, and Podiatrists do
in their fields.
If you have any further questions, please contact us.
For more
information or comments about this webpage, please contact Jim
Pluemer . All
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UCI Athletics.
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