Athletic trainers' viewpoints of patient-centered care: Preliminary findings.

ABSTRACT: The core competency of patient-centered care (PCC) states that for positive patient outcomes, the provider must respect the patient's views and recognize their experiences. The Athletic Training Strategic Alliance Research Agenda Task Force identified a profession-wide belief that examining the extent to which athletic trainers (ATs) provide PCC in their clinical practice would benefit the profession. To first address this line of inquiry, we must study the subjectivity of how ATs view PCC. This study used Q methodology which is a research design that collects data from participants from a quantitative and qualitative perspective. A total of 115 (males = 62, females = 53, age = 37±10 y, experience = 13±10 y) ATs dispersed between 11 job settings volunteered for this study. Participants wer

SUBMITTER: Wilson CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9473394 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature