Special Information Regarding the Practice Exam
1. The first version of the exam will consist of **100 questions**, distributed as follows:
- 20 questions on public health, fitness, and nutrition.
- 26 questions on the evaluation and diagnosis of sports injuries.
- 20 questions on primary care of sports injuries.
- 26 questions on therapeutic exercises, treatment methods, and techniques.
- 8 questions on management in athletic therapy.
2. Suggested Book List
- Anatomy: Human Anatomy.
- Physiology:
- Human Physiology (from Cells to Systems)
- Athletic Therapy: Principles of Athletic Training a competency-based approach.
- Modalities: Therapeutic Modalities.
- Assessment: Orthopedic physical assessment.
- Emergency: Emergency care workbook (emergency medical responder).
- Biomechanics: Basic Biomechanics.
- Psychology: Sport and exercise psychology (Canadian perspective).
- Rehabilitation: Therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal injuries
- Pharmacology: Principles of pharmacology for athletic trainers.
- Taping: Athletic taping and bracing.
- Nutrition: Clinical sports nutrition.
- Research: Essentials of research methods in health, physical education, exercise science, and recreation. N-Pathology: Essentials of pathophysiology (concepts of altered health states).
- Others: Periodization theory and methodology of training.
3. The first version of the exam will be held in English, with translation planned for future versions.
4The exam duration is two hours.
