The college teacher is the educator who teaches the students to become good practitioners. Sounds simple, and I suppose it is. But, while exciting, it is also confusing. The questions are excellent and the preexercise physiology student needs answers to make an informed decision about career options. Concise, accurate, and organized information should be available to young people when making career and educational decisions.
Exercise physiology is no exception.
From its beginning, the specifics of organizational development were not addressed nor were the professional instructions and curriculum guidelines for both the students and the teachers. Medicine Growing pains may not be all that unusual. For example, at its first official meeting in 1847, the American Medical Association established a code of ethics. In 1858, the association created a Committee on Ethics, now called the Council on Ethical and Judical Affairs to ensure implementation of the code. Again, by comparison, the Occupational Therapy profession began as the Society for the Preservation of Occupational Therapy in 1917.