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- Title
Survey of Educators' Preparedness to Respond to Active Shooter Incidents.
- Authors
Clark, Kevin R.; Bass, Suzieann M.; Boiteaux, Sonja K.
- Abstract
Purpose To examine the preparedness of medical imaging and radiation therapy educators to handle and respond to an active shooter event and their confidence to control their classrooms and protect their students. Methods Using a cross-sectional research design and a mixed-methods approach, the authors surveyed 366 educators from radiography, radiation therapy, magnetic resonance, and medical dosimetry programs accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology, documenting their preparedness to respond and their confidence to control their classrooms and protect their students during an active shooter event. Results Most (166, 45.4%) participants in this study felt moderately prepared to respond to an active shooter event in their classroom. In addition, most participants felt moderately confident in their abilities to control their classrooms (159, 43.4%) and protect their students (154, 42.1%) during an active shooter incident. Most (135, 36.9%) participants agreed that the possibility of an active shooter event is taken seriously at their institution. Discussion Pearson chi-square calculations revealed significant associations between educators' level of preparedness to respond appropriately to an active shooter event and having an institutional active shooter policy, offering active shooter training, and conducting active shooter drills. An analysis of the open-ended survey responses revealed 3 themes: lack of preparedness, lack of policy, and proactive techniques. Conclusion Although most participants in this study felt moderately prepared to respond to an active shooter event, areas for improvement include implementing a policy and training program for addressing an active shooter situation, mandating active shooter response training for all employees and students, conducting active shooter drills routinely, and focusing the training program on response and preventive measures.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of school violence; SCHOOL violence &; psychology; PREVENTION of shootings (Crime); ALLIED health personnel; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE; STATISTICAL correlation; DECISION making; EMERGENCY management; EMERGENCY management education; MANAGEMENT; MASS casualties; RESEARCH methodology; ALLIED health education; RADIOLOGIC technologists; STATISTICAL sampling; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; HEALTH occupations school faculty; THEMATIC analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; SHOOTINGS (Crime); DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Radiologic Technology, 2019, Vol 90, Issue 6, p541
- ISSN
0033-8397
- Publication type
Article