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This course is available to everyone who is enrolled in any of the individual CPP sections. 

Applied Sports Medicine ESS 280 Spring 2024

Foundations of Injury Prevention and Treatment

Instructor: Dr Lori Hittner-Engel (She/Her/Hers)

Credit Hours: 4

Class Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:20pm—2:35 Ainsworth classroom

Office: Phone  Email: lengel@smith.edu

Office Hours: by appointment available on Zoom or in person at HPL

Course Description:

In this course, students will review musculoskeletal anatomy, etiology of common sports injuries, injury prevention, concussion management and learn how to train individuals involved in sport to maintain health and performance. Students will be introduced to different assessment tools, treatment interventions, sports nutrition, sports psychology, and research methods. Students will apply new knowledge and research a common sports injury to be presented to peers at the end of the semester.

In this course student will:

1.    Develop an understanding of the anatomy and etiology of common sports injuries.

2.    Understand strategies for injury prevention and treatment

3.    Gain understanding of role of nutrition on sports performance

4.   Understand Concussion management

5.   Develop an understanding of commonly used assessment tools

6.   Utilize appropriate treatment and training interventions

7.   Identify primary source literature to develop a research paper

8.   Interpret and translate research findings and design a sports injury presentation

Required Materials:

Introduction to Sports Medicine and Athletic Training, by Robert C. France (3^rd edition) ,Cengage, USA. IBSN:978-0-357-37916-5. e-copy will be provided on Moodle.

Did you know Indian philosophy has been around for at least two thousand years? In this course, we’ll get introduced to some highlights of its history. We’ll ask questions like: What is reality, and how do we fit into it? Is the world we experience an illusion? Are there other minds, and can I know them? Can I even know my own mind? Is there a divine being or beings? How can we know the answer to these questions? How should our answers to these questions guide our lives?

Given the depth and breadth of what we call “Indian philosophy” (philosophy on the subcontinent that includes modern-day India, as well as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan), there is no way this course can be comprehensive. Therefore, we will focus on representative texts and topics, leaving an option during the last week for the class to choose a new text to investigate together.

As a textually grounded course in philosophy: