Research should include
- exploration of a variety of healthcare professions related to sports medicine
- defining duties, specialties, educational requirements, prerequisites, salaries, career ladder, personal qualities needed, licensing/certification, work environment
- ways to increase one’s marketability.
Example professions include athletic trainer, personal fitness trainer, physician assistant, physical therapist, physician, exercise physiologist, nutritionist, massage therapist, injury prevention specialist, and chiropractor.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How do duties, scope of practice, and specialties vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How do salaries vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How do educational requirements vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How do licensure and certification requirements vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How do necessary personal qualities vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How do work environment and career potential vary among different sports medicine professions?
- How does employment marketability vary among different sports medicine professions?