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Leadership Curricula Of Professional Athletic Training Programs, Elizabeth Drake
Leadership Curricula Of Professional Athletic Training Programs, Elizabeth Drake
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Nationally-recognized athletic training organizations have identified leadership knowledge, skills, and competencies as essential for athletic trainers to be successful in the current healthcare environment and to help advance the profession of athletic training. However, little is currently known regarding the methods and the extent of leadership development in athletic training professional preparation programs. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine student and faculty perspectives of the extent and ways that athletic training professional preparation programs address leadership in their curricula.
Data were obtained via surveys completed by 71 students and 83 athletic training professional level program directors. Overall, …