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Athletic Training Student Patient Encounter Characteristics During Immersive And Non-Immersive Experiences: A Report From The Athletic Training Clinical Network, Bailey Jones, Julie M. Cavallario, Cailee-Welch Bacon, Stacey Walker, Bonnie Van Lunen
Athletic Training Student Patient Encounter Characteristics During Immersive And Non-Immersive Experiences: A Report From The Athletic Training Clinical Network, Bailey Jones, Julie M. Cavallario, Cailee-Welch Bacon, Stacey Walker, Bonnie Van Lunen
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Context: Professional athletic training programs are now required to include at least one immersive clinical experience (ICE), which allow students to see more patient-care opportunities and job responsibilities that athletic trainers complete than those at a non-immersive clinical experience (N-ICE). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of patient encounters (PEs) that occurred at ICEs and N-ICEs.
Methods: This study used a multi-site panel design in which 336 athletic training students from 12 professional, CAATE-accredited programs (5 undergraduate, 7 graduate) logged PEs for one academic year (2018-2019). PEs were documented in E*Value (MedHub, Minneapolis, MN), and …