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- Title
8892: Athletic Training Student Application of Interprofessional Education During Clinical Education: A Report from the Athletic Training Clinical Education Network.
- Authors
Walker, S. E.; Cavallario, J. M.; Welch Bacon, C. E.; Bay, R. C.; Van Lunen, B. L.
- Abstract
Context: Past research has identified interprofessional education (IPE) as a challenging core competency to incorporate into health care education, and suggested that the lack of IPE is a barrier to students' ability to provide patient-centered care. The extent to which IPE is being incorporated into athletic training clinical experiences for athletic training students (ATSs) is still largely unknown. Objective: To assess whether ATSs are integrating concepts of IPE during patient encounters (PEs) during their clinical education. Design: Multisite, panel design. Setting: Three Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education-accredited professional athletic training programs (2 baccalaureate, 1 postbaccalaureate) via convenience sampling. Patients or Other Participants: Fifty-eight ATSs (39 females, 18 males, 1 missing) at 53 clinical sites (28 college/university, 25 secondary school) entered 1319 PEs (539 pediatric patients, 775 adult patients, 5 missing). Data Collection and Analysis: Athletic training students used E*Value software to track PEs during their clinical experiences in the 2018 spring semester. Variables collected per PE included student role (observed, assisted, performed), setting (college/university, secondary school), and body region of diagnosis (upper extremity, lower extremity, head/face, trunk, general medical, nonspecific). Athletic training students were also asked to report if 3 defined components of IPE occurred during each PE. Descriptive statistics were used to describe overall characteristics of the PEs. Chi-square tests, pairwise comparisons with Bonferroni corrections, and Mann-Whitney U tests (P < .05) were used to assess group differences. Phi correlations (Φ) were used to estimate the strength of relationships between the inclusion of components of core competencies during PEs. Results: Athletic training students reported that they interacted with another athletic trainer besides their preceptor during 8.2% of encounters (108 of 1319), interacted with another health care professional outside of athletic training besides their preceptor during 3.9% of encounters (51 of 1319), and interacted with another learner besides an ATS during 3.6% of encounters (48 of 1319). Athletic training students reported they did not include concepts of IPE during 87% of PEs (1147 of 1319). They reported the use of IPE more frequently if the encounter occurred in the collegiate setting (21.4%) as compared to the high school setting (0.9%), P < .01. Athletic training students reported the use of IPE more frequently if the patient was diagnosed with a head/face injury (29.2%) than an upper extremity injury (8.0%, P = .02). They reported the use of IPE more frequently when they observed the encounter (20.5%) than when they performed the encounter (10.9%, P < .01). There were positive, weak correlations between the use of IPE and the other core competencies. Athletic training students who reported the use of IPE during a PE also reported the use of health information technology (Φ = .28, P < .01), patient-centered care (Φ=.30, P < .01), evidence-based practice (Φ = .29, P < .01), and quality improvement (Φ = .20, P < .01). Conclusions: Athletic training students don't appear to be interacting with other health care providers during their clinical experiences. Programs should ensure that these interactions occur to develop ATSs' team-building and communication skills and prepare them to engage in interprofessional practice. Consistent with past research, IPE continues to be the most challenging core competency to incorporate into athletic training clinical experiences.
- Subjects
TEXAS; ATHLETIC trainers; CONFERENCES &; conventions; HEALTH occupations students; INTERDISCIPLINARY education; LEARNING strategies; CLINICAL competence; EDUCATION
- Publication
Athletic Training Education Journal (Allen Press Publishing Services Inc.), 2018, Vol 13, Issue 4, p391
- ISSN
1947-380X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4085/1304377