2004-2005 Academic Catalog

30 Purpose Statement The Mission of the Cedarville University Athletic Training Education Program (CU ATEP) is to advance the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ by equipping godly men and women to be competent Certified Athletic Trainers for excellence in service to Christ in strategic fields of Christian ministry. This is to be accomplished through an educational program that practices the skills associated with the prevention, management, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses associated with the physically active. It is to be carried out in an environment of spiritual fellowship and relationships that emphasizes unreserved commitment to the worship of God, submission to the authority of the Scriptures, a life of personal holiness, the priority of the local church, and the mission of penetrating the world with the Truth. Objectives of the Athletic Training Education Program: • Provide an education that is current in content • Develop clinicians who are professional in practice • Encourage students to be spiritually sensitive • Train students to demonstrate superior skill • Develop students who are trained in technology • Foster an excellent work ethic The athletic training major prepares students for a career as a Certified Athletic Trainer (or ATC, which is the official credential awarded when students successfully pass all three portions of the certification exam administered by the NATA-BOC). The CU ATEP meets the requirements set forth by the National Athletic Trainers’ Athletic Training School of Health and Human Performance Association (NATA) and the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). Even though the CU ATEP has not yet been formally recognized as having accreditation status, the program was reviewed by the Joint Review Committee for Athletic Training (JRC-AT) in April of 2004 and a final decision is expected sometime during the 2004-05 academic year. Personal Requirements Athletic training requires a significant level of scientific and clinical preparation. Prospective athletic training students are encouraged to take college preparatory courses in high school, including biology, chemistry, physics, and advanced math. An ACT composite score of 24 (or SAT composite of 1100) or greater is highly recommended. Typically, the student who is interested in athletic training as a potential career has a history of being involved in athletics personally and may even wish to pursue participating in athletics at the collegiate level. Students need to be aware that the Cedarville University Athletic Training Education Program depends on the varsity athletics program at CU to provide the primary “laboratory” experiences for the clinical education component of the program. Therefore, attempting to participate in varsity athletics while simultaneously pursuing the athletic training major may prove to be a significant conflict of interest. Students are, however, expected to model appropriate steward- ship of their physical bodies by being involved in a consistent program of regular exercise and activity. A semi-annual 1½ mile run is used to evaluate the status of the student’s fitness. The atheltic training major prepares students for careers as Certified Athletic Trainers with an emphasis on using athletic training as an opportunity for ministry in a variety of settings.