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Cultural Competence Education In Undergraduate Athletic Training Programs, Katherine L. Liesener
Cultural Competence Education In Undergraduate Athletic Training Programs, Katherine L. Liesener
Theses and Dissertations
It is critical for athletic trainers to understand and practice culturally competent health care, which involves being responsive and sensitive to all cultural differences present in the population. The Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE) requires that all Athletic Training Programs teach cultural competence in their curriculum. However, programs have the autonomy to determine how and when their curriculum content will be delivered. Furthermore, the current original research examining athletic training and cultural competence is very limited and there is a lack of research focused on the educational practices of cultural competence education in athletic training.
This research …