Improving Athletic Trainers' Knowledge of Clinical Documentation Through Novel Educational Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Context: Athletic trainers (ATs) have reported the need for more educational resources about clinical documentation.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of passive and active educational interventions to improve practicing ATs' clinical documentation knowledge.

Design: Randomized controlled trial, sequential explanatory mixed methods study.

Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of and Experiences With Professional Development Approaches for Enhancing Clinical Documentation.

Context: Little is known about how athletic trainers (ATs) learn clinical documentation, but previous studies have identified that ATs have a need for more educational resources specific to documentation.

Objective: To obtain ATs' perspectives on learning clinical documentation.

Design: Qualitative study.

Documentation Practices of Athletic Trainers Employed in the Clinic, Physician Practice, and Emerging Clinical Settings.

Context: The documentation practices of athletic trainers (ATs) employed in the secondary school setting, including their strategies for, barriers to, and perceptions of documentation, have been characterized in previous research. The documentation practices of ATs employed in other settings have yet to be studied in depth.

Objective: To examine the documentation practices of ATs employed in the clinic, physician practice, and emerging clinical settings.

Patient Care Documentation in the Secondary School Setting: Unique Challenges and Needs.

Context: Athletic trainers (ATs) recognize patient care documentation as an important part of clinical practice. However, ATs using 1 electronic medical record (EMR) platform reported low accountability and lack of time as barriers to documentation. Whether ATs using paper, other EMRs, or a combined paper-electronic system exhibit similar behaviors or experience similar challenges is unclear.

Aspects of Technology That Influence Athletic Trainers' Current Patient Care Documentation Strategies in the Secondary School.

Context: Previous research on athletic trainers' (ATs) documentation practices in the secondary school setting has focused on users of 1 electronic medical record (EMR) platform. These studies have identified that ATs use multiple platforms for documentation, including paper, even when an EMR is available.

Objective: To examine the documentation practices of ATs who use various forms of patient care documentation, including paper, EMRs, or both.

Athletic Trainers' Practice Patterns Regarding Medical Documentation.

Context: Medical documentation is a required component of patient care in all health care professions.

Objective: To evaluate athletic trainers' perceived behaviors toward, barriers to, and confidence in their medical documentation.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Junior Athletic Training Faculty Members' Perceptions of Doctoral Education on Their Role Transition.

Aims: Faculty members in healthcare professions have an important role in developing future clinicians, and preparation for their responsibilities is important. The purpose of this study was to examine junior athletic training faculty members' perceptions of doctoral preparation using a qualitative, phenomenological design.

Methods: We included 20 athletic training faculty members (14 women, 6 men) who were 32±3 yrs of age and averaged 2±2 yrs as full-time faculty members in accredited athletic training programs.

Actual and Perceived Feedback Delivery During Athletic Training Clinical Education With and Without the Use of Bug-in-Ear Technology.

Background: Effective feedback delivered to students during clinical education experiences is important to their development as healthcare providers. However, preceptors describe challenges with providing effective feedback. Researchers in teacher education have successfully used bug-in-ear technology, or two-way radios, to improve feedback in clinical fieldwork environments.

Future Strategies to Enhance Patient Care Documentation Among Athletic Trainers: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.

Context:   High-quality patient care documentation is an essential component of any health care professional's daily practice. Whereas athletic trainers (ATs) recognize the importance of patient care documentation, several barriers may prevent them from producing high-quality patient care documentation.

Objective:   To explore beneficial strategies and techniques that ATs perceived would enhance the quality of patient care documentation in the secondary school setting.

Paired Athletic Training Preceptors' and Students' Perceptions of Effective Preceptor Characteristics.

Background: Preceptors are important contributors to the professional development of students in allied healthcare programs. Considering their role in supervising and teaching students during clinical education, it is important that preceptors understand and embody effective characteristics and behaviors. Most existing research on preceptor effectiveness in nursing, medicine, and dietetics professions has examined preceptor and student perceptions of effective behaviors independently.

Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of and Barriers to Patient Care Documentation: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.

Context:   For the practice characteristics of the services athletic trainers (ATs) provide to be identified, all ATs must complete high-quality patient care documentation. However, little is known about ATs' perceptions of patient care documentation or the potential barriers they may encounter while trying to ensure high-quality documentation.

Objective:   To explore ATs' perceptions of and barriers to patient care documentation via the Clinical Outcomes Research Education for Athletic Trainers (CORE-AT) electronic medical record system in the secondary school setting.

Athletic Trainers' Reasons for and Mechanics of Documenting Patient Care: A Report From the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network.

Context:   Documenting patient care is an important responsibility of athletic trainers (ATs). However, little is known about ATs' reasons for documenting patient care and the mechanics of completing documentation tasks.

Objective:   To understand ATs' perceptions about reasons for and the mechanics of patient care documentation.

Promising and Established Investigators' Experiences Participating in the National Athletic Trainers' Association Foundation Research Mentor Program.

Context:   Mentorship is a helpful resource for individuals who transition from doctoral student to tenure-track faculty member. The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Research & Education Foundation offers a Research Mentor Program to provide mentorship to promising investigators, particularly as they work to establish independent lines of research.

Objective:   To gain the perspectives of promising and established investigators on their participation in the NATA Foundation Research Mentor Program.