Assistant E3

Practical Training Laboratory:
Assisting a Sports Medicine Technician

Assignment E3:
Therapeutic Fitness Training

Instructions:
Work with your designated Sports Medicine Technician for demonstrating proficiency in therapeutic fitness training.

To get credit for this lab, you will need to complete the tasks listed below:

Recruit 2+ of your friends or relatives to volunteer as "mock" medical-fitness clients at your designated medical-fitness facility.
Have your recruits schedule a Therapeutic Fitness Training during which time you can "shadow" your lab instructor.
Observe your instructor conducting at least 1 complete Therapeutic Fitness Training session.
Under supervision, conduct a TFT session and fill-in the Exercise Rx part of at least 1 TFT Program Form.
Enter the data from at least 1 TFT Program Form into the online form on the AASMT website.
Practice completing the Exercise Rx part of as many TFT Program Forms as needed to become proficient.
When you're ready, demonstrate your proficiency on an actual client at the clinic and have the instructor validate it below.

Proficiency Validation E3

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Student's Name: *

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Medical-Fitness Facility: *

The Sports Med-Tech Assistant identified above has demonstrated proficiency in the tasks marked below for Therapeutic Fitness Training: *

Issuing a medically-appropriate Exercise Rx. Determining Exercise Dose-Equivalents. Developing a medically-appropriate TFT Program.

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