The sports medicine program at Missouri Baptist University is designed to
provide students with a strong science foundation that emphasizes preparation
for further specialized graduate study or direct entrance into a related
career. Opportunities include athletic training, biomechanics, exercise
physiology, fitness management, medicine, and pre-physical therapy.
To investigate the sports medicine program further click here. To meet the faculty teaching in the Sports Medicine program click here.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Counseling
- Training
- Innovating
- Diagnosing
- Troubleshooting
- Analyzing
- Organizing
- Interpersonal
- Supervising
- Assessing
- Planning
- Decision-making
- Giving Speeches & Talks to Groups
Typical Work Activities
- Research with athletes to identify human biomechanical principals
- Develop customized exercise prescriptions for athletes
- Evaluating performances
- Analyze and compare information between human physique & endurance, agility & muscle strength
- Instructing students
- Organizing sports events
Suggested Certifications
- ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor
- ACE Personal Trainer
- NSCA Personal Trainer
- NSCA Strength and Conditioning Specialist
- Aerobics Certifications
- Aquatics Certifications
Possible Job Titles in Sports Medicine
- Exercise Specialist
- Hospital Wellness
- Physical Education Director
- Health Fitness Instructor
- Community Based Fitness
- Personal Trainer
- Sports Nutritionist
- Industrial Fitness Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Director of Sports Facility
- Exercise Test Technologist
- Sport Event Coordinator
- Director of Intramurals and Recreation
- Corporate Fitness Director
- Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Exercise Physiologists
- Aerobic Instructors
- Sports Instructors
- Kinesiotherapists
- Director of Media Relations
- Exercise Program Director
Typical Places of Employment
- College/University Instructor
- Community Organization
- Commerce & Industry
- Rehabilitation Programs
- Competitive Sports Programs
- Camps
- Resorts
- YMCA's
- Public Health Service
- Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Hospitals
- High Schools
- Rehabilitation Clinics
- Sports Medicine Clinics
- Gyms Fitness Centers
Need More Information?
Contact: Dr. P. Greg Comfort-Division Chair Health and Sport Sciences
