Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

DOI

10.3390/ijerph20085513

Publication Title

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volume

20

Issue

8

Pages

5513 (1-10)

Abstract

Patient-centered care (PCC) is a core competency that should be required by all healthcare education programs, but little is known about its implementation in athletic training clinical experiences. Therefore, we examined characteristics of patient encounters documented by athletic training students implementing PCC behaviors. A multisite panel design was used to recruit 363 students from twelve professional athletic training programs (five undergraduate, seven graduate). Over 1.5 years, clinical experience patient encounter data were logged in E*Value Case Logs, including student role during the encounter, length of encounter, and clinical site. Generalized estimating equations models characterized the likelihood students included PCC behaviors in 30,522 encounters. Discussing patient goals was associated with student role (χ2(2) = 40.6, p < 0.001) and length of encounter (χ2(4) = 67.6, p < 0.001). Using patient-reported outcome measures was associated with student role (χ2(2) = 21.6, p < 0.001), length of encounter (χ2(4) = 34.5, p < 0.001), and clinical site (χ2(3) = 17.3, p = 0.001). Implementing clinician-rated outcome measures was affected by length of encounter (χ2(4) = 27.9, p < 0.001) and clinical site (χ2(3) = 8.6, p = 0.04). PCC behaviors were largely associated with student role and length of encounters; clinical site had less impact. Athletic training educators should emphasize progressive autonomous supervision with preceptors and encourage students to facilitate slightly longer patient visits, when possible, to incorporate more PCC behaviors.

Rights

© 2023 by the authors.

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

Data Availability

Article states: Data from this study are not publicly available due to privacy restrictions.

ORCID

0000-0003-3171-9141 (Cavallario)

Original Publication Citation

Cavallario, J. M., Van Lunen, B. L., Walker, S. E., Bay, R. C., & Welch Bacon, C. E. (2023, Apr 14). Implementation of patient-centered care by athletic training students during clinical experiences: A report from the Association of Athletic Training Education Research Network. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(8), 1-10, Article 5513. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20085513

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