Continuing education seminar’s impact on knowledge and retention among athletic trainers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Brandon J. Warner (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Diane Gill
Abstract: The athletic training profession requires continuing education to maintain the national practice credential. Even with this mandate, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of continuing education in the profession of athletic training. A total of 48 certified athletic trainers, from two samples, with an average of seven years of experience, started this study. A web-based survey assessed educational history, current use, perceived and actual knowledge of electrical stimulation. Participants completed a pre-seminar survey and attended a 1.5-hour presentation. Participants completed a post-seminar survey immediately following the seminar presentation and one-month later. All surveys assessed perceived and actual knowledge, and the post survey included ratings of the seminar. A total of 41 participants completed the post-seminar survey and 30 of those completed the one-month follow-up survey (62.5% response rate). Most (82.9%, n = 34) participants rated the seminar as excellent and 100% rated the presentation as founded in the best available evidence. Nearly all participants indicated that the seminar would improve their competence and practice as an athletic trainer, improve their treatment plans for acute and post-operative pain, aided their learning, and was helpful and appropriate for their experience/skill. This is supported by the findings for perceived and actual knowledge. Following the presentation, participants (n = 41) demonstrated a significant improvement in perceived and actual knowledge scores, t(40)= 5.08, p < .001. Participants that completed the one-month follow-up survey (n=30) demonstrated a significant increase in perceived knowledge from the pre-seminar to post-seminar survey and remained significantly higher than the pre-seminar at the one-month follow-up survey. These participants also demonstrated a significant increase in actual knowledge from the pre-seminar to post-seminar survey, t(29)= 3.03, p = .003, and remained significantly higher than pre-seminar at the one-month follow-up surveys, t(29)= 3.69, p < .001. These findings suggest that the presentation was effective for improving both perceived and actual knowledge scores in athletic trainers and was well received by the participants.
Continuing education seminar’s impact on knowledge and retention among athletic trainers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2024
- Keywords
- Athletic Training, Continuing Education, Performance Evaluation, Professional Development, Sports Medicine
- Subjects
- Athletic trainers $x In-service training
- Sports medicine
- Electric stimulation