This is one of a series of posts by the Saint Louis University
Athletic Training students featuring their clinical site and their
clinical instructor. The number, quality and diversity of clinical
instruction is a major asset for the SLU AT education program.
Marquette High School
By. Hilary Orf (MAT Class of 2013)
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| Home of the Mustangs! |
This semester, I was fortunate enough to get the
opportunity to do my clinical practicum at my alma mater, Marquette High School, in
Chesterfield, Missouri. Elena Claus ATC is
the Athletic Trainer there and she has been more than helpful with showing me
the ropes of the profession. She takes
special care to explain what tests she’s performing and why she’s performing
them. She is always asking what I’m
learning in class and does her best to integrate what I’m learning in the
classroom to the real world. I get to
take histories, palpate, and perform the special tests we’ve learned in class
to help determine what the problem/injury might be. The athletic training room at Marquette might not
be the largest, but we use every inch of it to the best of our ability and
we’re constantly busy. I wouldn’t have
it any other way.
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| Elena Claus ATC directs the activity while SLU AT Student Hilary Orf assists an injured athlete off the field. |
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