Perceptions of athletic training in the US Virgin Islands

Document Type

Poster

Abstract

Athletic Trainers are underutilized within the United States Virgin Islands. While there are plenty of health care environment within the territory for athletic trainers to work in (physician practice offices, hospitals, secondary schools) the lack of Certified Athletic Trainers working within those practices is concerning. There needed to be an understanding of the stakeholders’ knowledge of athletic training in the USVI in order to know how to develop the profession in this area. The stakeholders surveyed for this research agree that Athletic Trainers are qualified healthcare providers but there were also concerns of budget within their facility when it comes to hiring. Understanding the hiring concerns of the stakeholders will help better prepare educational opportunities for what all an athletic trainer can provide to the workplace and community that help to justify the potential cost.

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Comments

Poster presented at ATSU-ASHS DAT Spring - 2021. This is a Kubify based presentation hosted at https://api.ltb.io/show/BIYEO It includes a video presentation, references, a PowerPoint presentation, and summary poster.

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