Progressive Collaboration Activity Use in Therapeutic Intervention Courses

Abstract:
Translating classroom knowledge to clinical application is a consistent challenge within athletic training education. Athletic training students and newly certified athletic trainers commonly interpret and implement therapeutic interventions with a black-and-white viewpoint, limiting their ability to be creative and think outside the box. It’s known that collaborative practice can help to bridge that gap, but this isn’t something all athletic trainers or all athletic training settings participate in naturally. Since it’s impossible to guarantee exposure to creative or collaborative clinical practice, educators must implement activities to simulate collaborative practice and challenge the student’s thought processes. Progressive collaboration not only introduces athletic training students to collaboration, but forces them to accept various perceptions as they build a plan of care without knowledge of the previous students’ thought process. During this breakout session, participants will learn about progressive collaboration activities through an example that required students to break down biomechanical properties of specific movements, forces those movements create on the body, common injuries and a full plan of care, complete with range of motion, strength, endurance, neuromuscular control, plyometric and functional exercises. Groups will break out to discuss ways progressive collaboration can be adapted to fit the needs of individual programs or courses. At the end of the breakout session, participants should leave with a condensed version of a progressive collaboration activity to implement at their institution.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the concept of progressive collaboration and its benefit to therapeutic intervention courses. 
• Identify a course within their program in which a progressive collaboration activity would be appropriate.  
• Prepare a condensed version of a progressive collaboration activity to apply to their program.

Level:
Essential

Domain(s):
Domain 4: Therapeutic Intervention 

CEUs:
0.25 Category A

Track: Pedagogy
Format: Breakout Session

In order to earn your CEUs, you must watch the session video in its entirety and complete the assessment.