Deck 1: The Athletic Trainer As a Health Care Provider

Question 1

Which of the following personal qualities are essential for a good athletic trainer?

A) Empathy
B) Intellectual curiosity
C) Discipline
D) Sense of humor
E) Assertiveness
F) Flexibility

Answer 1

Empathy
Intellectual curiosity
Sense of humor

Question 2

Please identify which patient-related outcome measures are specifically used for pain.

A) Lower Extremity Functional Scale
B) Neck Disability Index
C) Upper Extremity Functional index
D) Numeric Pain Rating Scale
E) Disablement in the Physically Active Scale
F) Patient-Specific Functional Scale
G) Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire

Answer 2

Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire

Question 3

What establishment during the nineteenth century assisted in making athletic training as it is known today?

A) Intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics
B) World War I
C) Title IX
D) Olympics
E) Cramer products

Answer 3

Intercollegiate and interscholastic athletics

Question 4

Which physician authored the first major text on athletic training titled The Trainer's Bible?

A) Cramer
B) Gardner
C) Arnheim
D) Bilik
E) Prentice

Question 5

What is the title of the monthly research publication of the National Athletic Trainers' Association?

A) NATA News
B) Athletic Training Education Journal
C) Journal of Sports Medicine
D) Training and Conditioning
E) Journal of Athletic Training

Question 6

Which of the following organizations is "dedicated to transforming lives and revolutionizing the health and fitness industry"?

A) American Physical Therapy Association, Sports Physical Therapy Section
B) National Academy of Sports Medicine
C) National Strength and Conditioning Association
D) International Federation of Sports Medicine
E) American College of Sports Medicine

Question 7

Which of the following job settings has the largest percentage of employed certified athletic trainers?

A) College or universities
B) High schools or secondary schools
C) Professional sports
D) Clinics and/or hospitals
E) Health clubs

Question 8

Which organization adopted a policy that "called for certified athletic trainers to be employed in all secondary-school athletic programs"?

A) American Medical Association
B) National Collegiate Athletic Association Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports
C) American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine
D) National High School Association
E) American Academy of Pediatrics, Sports Committee

Question 9

What employment setting allows the athletic trainer to address appropriate ergonomic techniques to assist with specific tasks that are performed at the work station and the physical demands of the job in order to improve productivity?

A) Military / Law Enforcement
B) Industrial / Occupational
C) Colleges / Universities
D) Clinics / Hospitals
E) Performing Arts / Professional Sports

Question 10

Of all the professional behaviors that an athletic trainer should possess, which would best describe the ability to adapt to the constant state of high emotional arousal and anxiety during the working day?

A) Communication
B) Ethical Practice
C) Empathy
D) Stamina and Ability to Adapt
E) Sense of Humor

Question 11

Which of the following statements is an inaccurate ethical principle based on the NATA's code of ethics?

A) Members shall respect the rights, welfare, and dignity of all individuals.
B) Members shall accept responsibility for the exercise of sound judgment.
C) Members shall comply with the laws and regulations governing the practice of athletic training, National Athletic Trainers Association, NATA membership standards, and the NATA Code of Ethics.
D) Members shall maintain and promote high standards in their provision of services.
E) Members shall not engage in conduct that could be construed as a conflict of interest, reflects negatively on the athletic training profession, or jeopardizes a patient's health and well-being.

Question 12

What should be considered the most important major concern of the athletic trainer?

A) Establishing and maintaining relationships with team physicians
B) Creating effective communication with parents
C) Focusing on the injured patient
D) Obtaining continuing education
E) Staying current with medical evidence-based practices

Question 13

What would be considered an unessential professional responsibility of the team physician?

A) Diagnosing and treating injuries and other illnesses
B) Acting as an instructor to the athletic training staff
C) Seeing that a complete medical history of each athlete is compiled
D) Deciding when, on medical grounds, athletes should be disqualified from participation
E) Serving as the medical director for an accredited athletic training program

Question 14

Coaching is an area of specialization that is under the sports medicine "umbrella." What medical role can this area serve?

A) The coach is directly responsible for preventing injuries.
B) The coach is directly responsible for providing acute care such as CPR.
C) The coach is directly responsible for acting as a First Responder.
D) The coach is directly responsible for determining return to play.
E) The coach is directly responsible for monitoring inclement weather.

Question 15

What state has no regulation in regard to athletic trainers?

A) Colorado
B) Iowa
C) California
D) New York
E) Florida

Question 16

What is the name of the organization whose purpose is to provide a certification program for entry-level athletic trainers and recertification standards for certified athletic trainers?

A) BOC
B) NATA
C) CAATE
D) CHEA
E) CAAHEP

Question 17

When an athletic trainer treats a patient using evidence they received from systematic research it is called

A) Evidence-based practice
B) PICO
C) Systematic Reviews
D) PEDro Scale
E) PROMs

Question 18

Which of the following types of research would be considered the most rigorous?

A) Anecdotal
B) Clinical practice guidelines
C) Case studies
D) Cohort studies
E) Randomized controlled trials

Question 19

Which of the following represents what the "C" stands for in the acronym PICO.

A) Cause
B) Comparison
C) Care
D) Clinical
E) Critical

Question 20

Which database currently holds the most comprehensive collection of systematic reviews for athletic trainers?

A) Scientific American Medicine
B) ACP Journal Club
C) The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
D) Physiotherapy Evidence Database
E) New Castle