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Monica Ohkubo, DSc, ATC, EMT-B

Lecturer

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Monica Ohkubo, DSc, ATC, EMT-B
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About

  • In addition to teaching at Sonoma State, I am also the head athletic trainer and pre-sports medicine program director at Santa Rosa Junior College.  
  • In addition to KIN 241, Emergency Response, I have also taught KIN 242, Principles of Musculoskeletal Injuries.

Education

  • Doctorate of Science in Health Science, athletic training concentration, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT, 2017
  • Master of the Arts in Kinesiology, athletic training concentration, San Jose State University, CA, 2008
  • Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, athletic training concentration, Rohnert Park, CA, 2003
     

Academic Interests

  • Concussion and concussion education
  • Community college pathways
     

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Chinn NR, Ohkubo M, Thomsen B. Advances in concussion education: Contextual procedure-based learning enhances concussion reporting. Int J Sport Society. 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v12i01/165-173
  • Ohkubo M, Bower BL, Martin M, Chinn NR. Guided pathways in California community colleges: Lessons from a pre-allied health program. Community College J Res Pract. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2020.1718032
  • Chinn NR, Ohkubo M, Scott B. Effect of contextual/procedure-based concussion education on community college student-athlete reporting of concussion. Neurol. 2018:91(23)S1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000550635.41641.4f
  • Chang CJ, Weston T, Higgs JD, Ohkubo M, Sauls A, Tedeschi F, White M, Young CC. NATA Inter-Association Task Force: Consensus Statement: The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team. J Athl Train. 2018;53(11):1103-1112.