Professional Care for the Active Population in Taiwan

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Professional Care for the Active Population in
Taiwan

• Taiwan Athletic Trainers Society
• Yan-Ying Ju, PhD, PT, ATC

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Taiwan

• Area 36,000 sqKm
• Population 23 million
• Capital Taipei City
• Language Mandarin / Taiwanese

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Caring the Active Population
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Caring the Active Population

• Chinese / Traditional services
• Chinese-Chiro
• Herbal
• Collegiate / longterm Internship
• Western medical
• MD
• AT
• PT

? Taiwan Athletic Trainers Society ? Sports
Physical Therapy Section - PTAROC
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Physical Therapy in Taiwan

• Since 1950s, currently around 4000 in active, 100
  in sports(part-time)?
• 10 accredited Bachelor s program
• 1600 graduates/year
• lt300 licensed/year (20)?
• 40 concentrated in ortho
• lt10 (20) in sports medicine
• Several graduate institutes (MS PhD), no MPT or
  DPT
• Professional organizations
• PTAROC
• Federation of PT Associations

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Sports PT in Taiwan

• Physical Therapy Association (PTAROC)?
• 2000 - SPT Task Force
• 2004 - Clinical Specialty Committee
• SPT Council
• Continuing Professional Development
• PT license
• Registered in SPT Council
• Certification (in development)
• more a masters level

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Strength Weakness
Larger Structured
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Athletic Training in Taiwan

• Since 1970s
• 2 special AT programs
• 1987 1993
• Currently 4 Collegiate programs 1 graduate
  program (masters)?
• lt200 active
• Taiwan Athletic Trainers Society
• Taiwan Athletic Trainers Association

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ATs trained

• By 2005 Sep, close to 300 trainees graduated
• 100 graduates per year since 2006
• 50 employed for AT related jobs

(Ju YY Hsieh1 YJ, 2006)?
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Current Status contd

• Majority of age 20 30
• Professional teams or Educational institutes

(Ju YY Hsieh1 YJ, 2006)?
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TW AT Tasks / Missions

1. Health management
2. Sports injury prevention
3. Recognition, Evaluation, First-Aid
4. Care and rehabilitation
5. Plan and perform the post-injury training
6. When involving medical treatments, have to follow
   MDs orders / instructions, or be supervised.

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Unique

• Limited use of physical modalities
• USD, ES, mechanical traction, etc.
• Occasional uses of traditional techniques
• Acupuncture, herbal steam, traditional massage,
  etc.

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Curriculum Program

• 1.Human anatomy lab
• 2.Human physiology lab
• 3.Exercise physiology lab
• 4.Sports nutrition
• 5.Human kinesiology
• 6.Sports psychology
• 7.Biomechanics
• 8.First aid lab

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Curriculum Program cont.

• 9. Introduction to athletic training
• 10.Care prevention of athletic injuries
• 11.Evaluation of athletic injuries
• 12.Administration of athletic training
• 13.Therapeutic Modality
• 14.Therapeutic exercise
• 15.Sports massage trigger point therapy

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Clinical Experience

• Minimum of 1,000 clinical hours under supervision
• Mini. of 200 hours in training room
• Mini. of 200 hours in high risk sports
• Mini. of 200 hours covering competition
• Up to 100 hours can be transferred from EMT
  working hours
• Up to 300 hours can be from clinical or hospital
  setting

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Government Endorsed Certification Regulations

• Based on Citizen Physical Education Act,
  section 11.2
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• 2002.03.26
• Supervised by the National Council on Physical
  Fitness and Sports (Athletic Sports Department)?

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Government Endorsed Certification Regulations
contd

• Definition
• who performs the tasks, and is certified.
• Tasks
• Very similar to whats in USA Canada
• Targeted job markets educational institute,
  sports team, health center, etc.
• Very few in the hospital / clinic

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Taiwan Athletic Trainer Certification Examination

• I. 2002.11.30
• II. 2003.05.24
• III. 2003.11.22
• IV. 2004.07.10
• V. 2004.10.23
• VI. 2005.10.01
• VII. 2006.09.02
• VIII. 2007.09.15
• IX. 2008.10.19

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The Exam - Eligibility

• College graduate, with related major
• Taken the following courses (50 credit hours)

• Basic Science (17)?
• Anatomy, Physiology, Sports nutrition, Sports
  physiology, Kinesiology, Biomechanics,
  First-aid
• Core (12)?
• AT, Exercise prescription, Taping, Therapeutic
  exercise and modality, Sports Training, Massage
• Sports and Health Management (4)?
• AT administration, Health management
• Injury Evaluation (4)?
• Physical exam and injury evaluation

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The Exam - Content

• Written (Day1)?
• 4 domains
• Practical (Day2)?
• Evaluation
• First-aid
• Taping
• Rehabilitation

• Basic Science
• Core
• Sports and Health Management
• Injury Evaluation

• 20 min
• Drawing
• 3 examiners
• Judging Correct, Speed, Proficiency

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Future

• Enhancing the values
• Mandatory hiring in the national sports teams
• Transiting to the curricular model completely
• Mutual recognition
• International certification

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Thanks You