The NCAA offers a variety of resources to member schools in order to promote athlete health and safety in terms of cardiovascular care. One such resource is the Cardiovascular Care Checklist of Best Practices for NCAA Member Institutions. The checklist is intended to assist the athletics health care administrator as they ensure the member school is offering the most up-to-date prevention and care for a cardiac event.
In this assignment, you will use the Cardiovascular Care Checklist of Best Practices for NCAA Member Institution to critique an institution’s policies.
The Cardiovascular Care Checklist of Best Practices for NCAA Member Institution form and institution cardiovascular policy materials can be found below in the instructions section of the assignment.
Estimated Time for Completion: 3 hours
Target Course Objectives
- Examine existing health and safety policies from a clinical perspective
- Differentiate among health and safety policies as they apply to the level of play, division, geographic region, and sport
Instructions
In this critique, you will include an introduction, body, and recommendation section. The introduction will provide an overview of the university's cardiovascular care policies and main objective. In the body section of your critique, you will discuss the cardiovascular care policy’s strengths and weaknesses and list any legislation that is not met. In the recommendation sections, you will discuss any changes recommended that would enhance the cardiovascular care policy.
- 16-NCAA-Cardiovascular Checklist.pdfDownload 16-NCAA-Cardiovascular Checklist.pdf
- Pre-Participation Physical Exams Links to an external site.
- Princeton Sports MedicineLinks to an external site.
Written Assignment Requirements
- APA format and style
- Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
- Include appropriate citations when necessary
- Length: 3-page minimum