Just thinking about this makes me sick...

So as I was registering for my Boards today, I found a page on the website that lists the sources used to make up the test. It also gives a lot of insight to what an Athletic Trainer is...and no...we're not the "trainers" at Gold's Gym!

WHAT’S ON MY ATCBOC

Separated into different disciplines with the texts/sources the BOC (Board of Certification) uses to write the test. The titles of the texts give you a feel for how broad the requirements are to be an Athletic Trainer.

FIRST AID/CPR/FIRST RESPONDER:
• AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Gulli, Jones and Bartlett.
• AAOS First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, Schottke, Jones and Bartlett.
• CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, American Red Cross, StayWell.
• Complete Emergency Care, American Safety and Health Institute, Human Kinetics.
• Management of Bloodborne Infections in Sport, Zeigler, Human Kinetics.
• Sports Emergency Care: A Team Approach, Rehberg, Slack, Inc.
• Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, Baranoski and Ayello, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR DISEASES/DISABILITIES
• ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities, Durstine and Moore,
Human Kinetics.

EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
• ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Whatley, et al., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• NSCA's Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Baechle and Earle, Human Kinetics.
• ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities, Durstine and Moore,
Human Kinetics.

NUTRITION
• Advanced Sports Nutrition, Benardot, Human Kinetics.
• Practical Sports Nutrition, Burke, Human Kinetics.
• Sports and Exercise Nutrition, McArdle, et al., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

INJURY ASSESSMENT
• Athletic Injury Assessment, Booher and Thibodeau, McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
• Daniels and Worthington's Muscle Testing: Techiques of Manual Examination, Hislop and Montgomery, Saunders-Elsevier.
• Evaluation of Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries, Starkey and Ryan, F.A. Davis Company.
• Measurement of Joint Motion: A Guide to Goniometry, Norkin and White, F.A. Davis Company.
• Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion & Manual Muscle Strength, Clarkson, Lippincott,
Williams & Wilkins.
• Orthopedic and Athletic Injury Evaluation Handbook, Starkey and Ryan, F.A. Davis Company.
• Orthopedic Physical Assessment, Magee, Saunders Elsevier.
• Special Tests for Orthopedic Examination, Konin, et al., Slack, Inc.

PREVENTION
• Athletic Taping and Bracing, Perrin, Human Kinetics.
• Therapeutic Exercise: Techniques for Intervention, Bandy and Sanders, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Therapeutic Exercise: Techniques for Intervention, Bandy and Sanders, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

MISCELLANEOUS/OVERALL
• Athletic Training and Sports Medicine (AAOS), Starkey and Johnson, Jones and Bartlett.
• Arnheim's Principles of Athletic Training, Prentice, McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
• Concepts of Athletic Training, Pfeiffer and Mangus, Jones and Bartlett.
• Foundations of Athletic Training, Anderson, et al., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Principles and Practice of Primary Care Sports Medicine, Garrett, et al., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.

ADMINISTRATIVE/MANAGERIAL
• Athletic Training Management: Concepts and Applications, Rankin, and Ingersoll, McGraw-Hill.
• Documentation for Athletic Training, Konin and Frederick, Slack, Inc.
• Management Strategies in Athletic Training, Ray, Human Kinetics.
• NATA Position & Consensus Statements, National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
• Writing SOAP Notes with Patient/Client Management Formats, Kettenbach, F.A. Davis Company.

FOUNDATIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY
• Basic Biomechanics, Hall, Mosby-Year Book, Inc.
• Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Moore and Dalley, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Essential Clinical Anatomy, Moore and Agur, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance, McArdle, et al., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• Joint Structure and Function: A Comprehensive Analysis, Levangie and Norkin, F.A. Davis Company.
• Physiology of Sport and Exercise, Wilmore, et al., Human Kinetics.
• Principles of Human Anatomy, Tortora, John Wiley & Sons.

PYSCHOLOGY
• Counseling in Sports Medicine, Ray and Wiese-Bjornstal, Human Kinetics.

MEDICINE/PHARMACOLOGY
• Essential Medical Terminology, Stanfield, et al., Jones and Bartlett.
• General Medical Conditions in the Athlete, Cuppett and Walsh, Elsevier-Mosby, Inc.
• Medical Terminology for Health Professionals, Ehrlich and Schroeder, Thomson Delmar Learning.
• Pharmacology in Rehabilitation, Ciccone, F.A. Davis Company.
• Principles of Pharmacology for Athletic Trainers, Houglum, et al., Slack, Inc.
• Team Physician's Handbook, Mellion, et al., Hanley & Belfus, Inc.

TREATMENT/REHABILITATION
• Modalities for Therapeutic Intervention, Michlovitz and Nolan, F.A. Davis Company.
• Physical Rehabilitation of the Injured Athlete, Andrews, et al., Saunders-Elsevier.
• Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine, Prentice, McGraw-Hill.
• Techniques in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Prentice and Voight, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division.
• Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, Kisner and Colby, F.A. Davis Company.
• Therapeutic Modalities, Starkey, F.A. Davis Company.