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MISSION STATEMENT The Constitution of the National Collegiate Athletic Association states that each member school is responsible for protecting the health of and providing a save environment for each of its student athletes. At Johns Hopkins University, the Athletic Training Department in the Division of Sports Medicine is specifically charged with a large part of this responsibility as it coordinates and provides health care to the student athletes in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The process of ensuring safety, as well as coordinating and providing health care, involves many different administrative and clinical responsibilities which are supervised and carried out by the Certified Athletic Training Staff. Administratively, the staff’s duties include, coordination of pre-participation physicals, managing athletic medical insurance policy, establishment of emergency medical plans, maintenance of medical records, and establishing medical coverage and staffing policy as it relates to practices and events. The more visible of the staffs’ duties are those that involve the clinical or medical scheme of things. This includes injury prevention, first aid and emergency medical care, and the assessment, management, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and conditions. Additionally the staff coordinates physician referrals, schedules radiological and laboratory testing, determines participation status, and provides a constant source of education and counseling to athletes and their parents regarding medical issues. Health care related to all general medical illnesses and conditions are directed through the Athletic Training Department as well as they may affect athletic participation status. This includes referrals to our Team Internist, Student Health and Wellness Center, or other health care providers. In that J.H.U. is responsible for the health of its participating athletes, decisions regarding medical clearance and athletic participation status are the sole responsibility of the J.H.U. Certified Athletic Training Staff and Team Physicians.
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