Master of Science in Athletic Training Master of Science in Athletic Training

Program learning outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Master of Science in Athletic Training program can:

1. Promote healthy lifestyle behaviors with effective education and communication to enhance wellness and minimize the risk of injury and illness.
2. Implement systematic, evidence-based examinations and assessments to formulate valid clinical diagnoses and determine patients' plan of care.  
3. Integrate best practices in immediate and emergency care for optimal outcomes. 
4. Rehabilitate and recondition injuries, illnesses and general medical conditions with the goal of achieving optimal activity level based on core concepts (i.e. knowledge and skillsets fundamental to all aspects of therapeutic interventions) using the applications of therapeutic exercise, modality devices and techniques. 
5. Integrate best practices in policy construction and implementation, documentation and basic business practices to promote optimal patient care and employee well-being.
6. Participate in patient care, inter-professional collaboration, and evidence-based practice as demonstrated by activity in professional organizations, contributions to the profession through service, research, and dissemination of information.
7. Engage in evidence-based focused inquiry to answer or explore a creative problem or question in the field of athletic training.
8. Explain how faith connects to their discipline and how the biblical call to vocation relates to their potential career options.

Graduate courses

ATHT 501 Professional Standards and Expectations

ATHT 505 Athletic Taping and Bracing

ATHT 507 Emergency Management

ATHT 510 Athletic Training Clinical Experience I

ATHT 518 Scientific Inquiry I

ATHT 520 Athletic Training Clinical Experience II

ATHT 522 Therapeutic Interventions

ATHT 524 Orthopedic Assessment I

ATHT 534 Orthopedic Assessment II

ATHT 537 General Medical and Pharmacology Topics

ATHT 545 Gait Analysis and Pathomechanics

ATHT 528 Scientific Inquiry II

ATHT 530 Athletic Training Clinical Experience III

ATHT 555 Gross Human Anatomy

ATHT 624 Clinical Care in Athletic Training

ATHT 640 Athletic Training Clinical Experience IV

ATHT 637 Behavioral Health

ATHT 643 Nutrition for Recovery and Performance

ATHT 647 Human Performance Training

ATHT 650 Athletic Training Clinical Experience V

ATHT 635 Administration and Liability

ATHT 657 Epidemiology/Public Health

ATHT 695 Graduate Seminar