{"id":223256,"date":"2015-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/foothiller-footsteps-sports-medicine-classes-popular-among-students\/"},"modified":"2015-02-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T08:00:00","slug":"foothiller-footsteps-sports-medicine-classes-popular-among-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/foothiller-footsteps-sports-medicine-classes-popular-among-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Foothiller Footsteps: Sports medicine classes popular among students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connie and Lynn Baer<\/p>\n

Grossmont High School students have the opportunity to enroll in one of five Career Technical Education pathways offered on campus. This month\u2019s column will focus on the \u201cHealth Science and Medical Technology: Sports Medicine\u201d pathway. Sports medicine is a two-year sequenced pathway, which emphasizes the prevention and care of sports-related injuries.<\/p>\n

In the first year as juniors, the students discover the many careers available in sports medicine such as athletic trainer, physical therapist, medical technician and emergency medical technician. They also learn the skills needed to diagnose injuries. As seniors, the students utilize hands-on evaluation and recognition skills. As their final project, each senior creates a fictional patient and follows the patient\u2019s progress from injury through therapy and a return to competition.<\/p>\n

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Sports medicine students practice interview skills. (Courtesy GHS Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two-year sports medicine pathway has become so popular at Grossmont that last year there was a waiting list for the junior class. Sixty-one students requested the class, but after an application process to enroll, the class was limited to 40 students. Of last year\u2019s senior sports medicine class, 35 seniors successfully completed the sports medicine pathway.<\/p>\n

Recently, the senior class participated in mock interviews. College juniors and seniors in the San Diego State University athletic training program visited Grossmont and interviewed the students during their class. These interviews helped the high school students learn through personal experience the types of questions asked during employment interviews in the sports medicine field.<\/p>\n

Then, the following week, the Grossmont senior class interviewed the junior class to share the expertise they learned from their interviews with SDSU students. All of the students felt the interviews gave them an authentic look at the job market and its expectations.<\/p>\n

Later in the semester, on April 28, Grossmont sports medicine students will visit Petco Park and tour the athletic facilities that are available to the Padres. This \u201creal life\u201d experience will enable the students to see the variety of equipment and personnel essential to support athletics.<\/p>\n

Grossmont\u2019s staff and student body are excited about the new opportunities for student learning and achievement which the Career Technical Education pathways, such as sports medicine, provide. For more information about the sports medicine pathway, please contact Chris Ray at cray@guhsd.net.<\/p>\n

Visit the GHS Museum to learn more about Foothillers past and present. The museum\u2019s regular public hours are noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4 and April 1, or other Wednesdays by appointment. Call the museum at 619-668-6140, send an email to <\/em>ghsmuseum@guhsd.net<\/em><\/a> or visit the website at foothillermuseum.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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