ArticleJournal of athletic training2015
Athletic trainers' facilitators of professional commitment in the collegiate setting.
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- National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Facilitating Work-Life Balance in Athletic Training Practice Settings.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Maintaining Professional Commitment as a Newly Credentialed Athletic Trainer in the Secondary School Setting.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Validation of the Professional Identity and Values Scale Among an Athletic Trainer Population.Journal of athletic training · 2018Article
- Organizational Infrastructure in the Collegiate Athletic Training Setting, Part II: Benefits of and Barriers in the Athletics Model.Journal of athletic training · 2017Article
- Positive Factors Influencing the Advancement of Women to the Role of Head Athletic Trainer in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Divisions II and III.Journal of athletic training · 2016Article
- Exploring Summer Medical Care Within the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Setting: A Perspective From the Athletic Trainer.Journal of athletic training · 2016Article
- The Role of Personality in Job Satisfaction Among Collegiate Athletic Trainers.Journal of athletic training · 2015Article
- Athletic trainers' barriers to maintaining professional commitment in the collegiate setting.Journal of athletic training · 2015Article
- Career commitment of postprofessional athletic training program graduates.Journal of athletic training · 2015Observational
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Abstract
contextProfessional responsibility, rewards and respect, and time for rejuvenation are factors supporting professional commitment for athletic trainers (ATs) in the high school setting. The inherent complexities of an occupational setting can mitigate perceptions of professional commitment. Thus far, evidence is lacking regarding professional commitment for ATs in other occupational settings.
objectiveTo extend the literature on professional commitment of the AT to the collegiate setting.
designQualitative study.
settingCollegiate. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsThirty-three Board of Certification-certified ATs employed in the collegiate setting (National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I = 11, Division II = 9, Division III = 13) with an average of 10 ± 8 years of clinical experience volunteered. Data saturation guided the total number of participants. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Online journaling via QuestionPro was used to collect data from all participants. Two strategies, multiple-analyst triangulation and peer review, were completed to satisfy data credibility. Data were evaluated using a general inductive approach.
resultsLikert-scale data revealed no differences regarding levels of professional commitment across divisions. Two themes emerged from the inductive-content analysis: (1) professional responsibility and (2) coworker support. The emergent theme of professional responsibility contained 4 subthemes: (1) dedication to advancing the athletic training profession, (2) ardor for job responsibilities, (3) dedication to the student-athlete, and (4) commitment to education. Our participants were able to better maintain their own professional commitment when they felt their coworkers were also committed to the profession.
conclusionsThe collegiate ATs investigated in this study, regardless of division, demonstrated professional commitment propelled by their aspiration to advance the profession, as well as their dedication to student-athletes and athletic training students. Maintaining commitment was influenced by a strong sense of coworker support.
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