Health Care Organization and Adminstration in AT
- it requires careful organization and adminstation regardless of setting
- AT has managerial tasks and supervisory duties
Establishing a System for AT Health Care
- To make them system you must have a strategic plan
- This involves many individuals
-administrators, student-athletes, coaches, physicians etc. - ongoing process
- These people look at the strength and weaknesses of the program and find ways to make it better.
-W=weakness
-O=Opportunites
-T=Treats
-S=Strengths
-UP=Underlying Planning
Developing a Policies and Procedures Manual
(After the strategic plan)
Policies
Scope of the AT Program
This is where the AT has to decide who he will take care of.
Policies
- Clear and accurate written statements that identify the basic rules and principles (the what and why)
Procedures
Scope of the AT Program
This is where the AT has to decide who he will take care of.
- Non-athletic?
- Out of season players?
- Faculty?
- Rules concerning room cleanliness and sanitation must be set and made known to population using facility