Virginia Commonwealth University is in its second year offering the PhD in Rehabilitation and Movement Science. This is an interdisciplinary degree program...
There are many adaptations that can be made for those individuals with hearing impairments; the focus should be adjusting skills to suit their strengths,...
Brian, We have a similar set-up. All of our students major in Athletic Training, but some choose to complete the clinical track (to be eligible to sit for the...
Dear Colleagues, In response to the recent posting about dual majors in athletic training, we believe that there are several very important points to consider ...
Paula Sammarone Turoc...
turocyp@...
Nov 3, 2005 5:41 pm
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Colleagues, One possible solution is to identify some courses in which you would allow non-majors to enroll providing they meet course prerequisites and also...
I have a question on this and was hesitant to express an opinion before because of not knowing what the JRC-AT position was on it. What would happen in this...
Jose' E. Rivera
jrivera@...
Nov 8, 2005 12:00 am
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I believe that this kind of dual-program is really the wrong signal to send. We are essentially saying that our professional (entry-level) preparation program...
Dear Program Director, As a graduate student at Auburn University I am in the process of completing my studies in Human Performance. As the former director of...
I would expect that the answer to Jose's first concern is that the PROGRAM is what is accredited in its entirety, not elements of. Students are transient, and...
Colleagues, I believe this topic has been discussed previously, however, I would like to understand what other schools are doing regarding the typical fall...
Philip Ford
PFord@...
Nov 14, 2005 3:55 pm
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While this discussion has brought to light many valid points regarding the negative aspects of the dual track AT major, I'd like to share some of the positive...
The following was taken from Kim Komando's "Cool Site of the Day" on Sunday, October 30, 2005. I have tried it and it has worked very well for the items for...
Deloss Brubaker
brubaker@...
Nov 14, 2005 3:57 pm
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This is an excellent model Sharon and it works great. We do the same thing. Pre-physical therapy students from the Biology dept. are able to take certain...
Jose' E. Rivera
jrivera@...
Nov 14, 2005 4:07 pm
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Greetings to all on the listserv, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share their job description(s) for an ATEP clinical coordinator position....
Colleagues, I know that several years ago, a conversation (a rather hotly debated one if my memory serves me correctly) on this listserv was generated re:...
Dr. Paul Geisler, ATC
pgeisler@...
Nov 14, 2005 4:07 pm
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This post about podcasting of medical educational content may be of interest to some of the members of this discussion group. http://margaretspod.blogspot.com/...
Over the past few years many colleges have found benefit in offering combined or accelerated degree programs to undergraduate students (i.e., Bachelor/MD,...
Phil and Colleagues- Our students complete clinical rotations on the calendar of the clinical site. I think the best parallel within the University is that of...
Gibson Mark H
gibson.mark@...
Nov 14, 2005 5:10 pm
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You cannot grade them if the semester has not started, or if the semester is over....the students would win any fight that came from a poor grade. What we...
Why couldn't you grade them? We have an internship program that doesn't necessarily run concurrently with the academic semester and we grade students on...
Rob Carmichael
RCARMICHAEL@...
Nov 16, 2005 12:25 am
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I agree that technically they are volunteers, however they are covered under liability insurance (I have asked several people here more than once and they...
I responded once earlier in regards to grading the student. If I were to encounter the scenario of the student expressing the "you can't require me to do...
Rob Carmichael
RCARMICHAEL@...
Nov 16, 2005 12:26 am
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This has always been an interesting delimena: We don't have an athletic training program, but we do have students that volunteer and assist with our athletic...
abram357@...
Nov 16, 2005 12:26 am
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Dr. Geisler and All: This topic recently came up and was addressed within our ATEP. We had students attending summer football camp before classes started and...
James Leone
jleoneatc@...
Nov 16, 2005 12:27 am
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You know, in the old days . . . sorry, but I still have to bring it up. We did not worry about students playing "academic lawyer" with us on what they did or...
Kristin. << I think it goes back to the same issues raised with students counting hours.....they dont realize it is not the hours, but the commitment to their...
One way we have dealt with it recently is by requiring service hours each semester. Freshmen are required to earn 5, sophomores 10, juniors 15, and seniors 20...
Kristen: We offer an Internship course in the summer. We give incomplete grades for those that do not finish by the time grades are oficially due. Once the...
James Leone
jleoneatc@...
Nov 18, 2005 4:40 pm
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Conversations these last couple of weeks have focused on students getting hours when there is no school in session. I agree that student teaching is a similar...