Health ProfessionsTest + Skills

Sports Medicine

A 50-question athletic training test, then anatomy landmark and range-of-motion identification plus ankle, Achilles, shoulder and wrist taping for the top scorers.

The AI judge does not score skill stations. Use the practice test for Round One.

About this event

Sports Medicine is a solo two-round event for the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions, sponsored by the National Athletic Trainers' Association. Round One is a 50-question multiple-choice test in 60 minutes written from Orthopedic Taping, Wrapping, Bracing and Padding (Beam), Introduction to Sports Medicine and Athletic Training (France) and Prentice's athletic training introduction for secondary students. Injury and illness prevention and examination and assessment each make up 30 percent of the test, with immediate and emergency care and therapeutic intervention at 16 percent each and healthcare administration at 8 percent. Top scorers advance to Round Two, a secret scenario drawn from three skill groups: placing adhesive labels on 21 anatomical landmarks on a live model with 15 seconds each (7 minutes), identifying 15 joint actions and their maximum ranges of motion from poses or photos with spelling counting (15 minutes), and taping or wrapping an inversion ankle (5), an Achilles tendon (6), a shoulder spica (5) or a wrist and hand figure-eight (4). You bring your own tape, elastic wrap, underwrap, heel and lace pads with lubricant and a shoulder pad; HOSA provides tape cutters. A 70 percent score on the taping skills (excluding the test and the two identification skills) is required to place; test and skill scores are added and ties go to the higher test score.

Test day

What to expect

Round One test, then skill stations

Round One is a 50-question test in 60 minutes; the top scorers advance to Round Two, the skill stations. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes, then Round Two skill scenarios of 4 to 15 minutes each for top scorers.

Written from the test plan

Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.

How you advance

How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.

What judges score

Skill I: Anatomical Landmark Identification, 21 landmarks at 15 seconds each (7 minutes)Skill II: Joint Action and Maximum Range of Motion Identification, 15 poses (15 minutes)Skill III-A: Taping, Ankle Inversion (5 minutes)Skill III-B: Taping, Achilles Tendon, Technique Two (6 minutes)Skill III-C: Wrapping, Shoulder Spica (5 minutes)Skill III-D: Taping, Wrist/Hand, Circular Wrist and Figure Eight (4 minutes)

What's on the test

Injury / Illness Prevention and Wellness Promotion · 30%Examination, Evaluation, and Assessment · 30%Immediate and Emergency Care · 16%Therapeutic Intervention · 16%Healthcare Administration and Professional Responsibilities · 8%

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