Clinical Management of Acute Skin Trauma

Joel W. Beam, EdD, LAT, ATC, is a professor and the chair of the Department of Clinical and Applied Movement Sciences in the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida (UNF) in Jacksonville, Florida. He also teaches within the Master of Science in Athletic Training Program at UNF. His interest in athletic training began in junior high as a student athletic trainer and continued through high school. Dr. Beam received his BS degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina; his MEd from Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina; and his EdD from UNF. He has 29 years of experience as an athletic trainer at the intercollegiate level through positions at four universities. Dr. Beam has taught athletic training courses at the university level for over 30 years and has held previous program director and clinical coordinator positions at UNF. His research focuses on the effectiveness of occlusive dressings on healing rates of standardized abrasions and the implementation of evidence-based acute skin trauma interventions into clinical practice. He has authored book chapters and manuscripts and given numerous presentations at international and national conferences and symposiums regarding acute skin trauma. Dr. Beam has also authored the textbook Orthopedic Taping, Wrapping, Bracing, and Padding.