Cultural Competence: Where Are We as Athletic Training Educators?

Autor/in	Grove, Destinee H.
Titel	Cultural Competence: Where Are We as Athletic Training Educators?
Quelle	In: Athletic Training Education Journal, 15 (2020) 1, S.49-54 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-380X
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Competence; Allied Health Personnel; Patients; Cultural Differences; Athletics; College Faculty; Knowledge Level; Barriers; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; College Students; Allied Health Occupations Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Kompetenz; Patient; Kultureller Unterschied; Leichtathletik; Fakultät; Wissensbasis; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Collegestudent
Abstract	Context: Cultural competence is the ability of health care professionals to investigate and incorporate the cultural needs of patients into care and clinical decisions. Research shows that athletic training students and certified athletic trainers possess moderate to high levels of cultural competence yet struggle exhibiting culturally competent behaviors. Therefore, an exploration of athletic training educator cultural competence and preparedness to teach cultural competence concepts is warranted. Objective: The study sought to assess the cultural competence of athletic training educators and how prepared, comfortable, and confident they feel teaching cultural competence and related concepts. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Online. Patients or Other Participants: Ninety professional-level athletic training educators (60 women, 30 men). Data Collection and Analysis: Cultural competence scores were collected using a previously validated survey tool. The remaining survey items collected information about participants' self-reported cultural competence teaching efficacy. All responses were collected through Qualtrics and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Frequency counts and percentages were determined. Measures of central tendencies were calculated for continuous variables. A paired-samples t test was used to determine if cultural competence knowledge and exhibition of culturally competent behaviors differed significantly. Results: Athletic training educators identified mostly as white women (n = 59/90, 65.56%) and had high levels of self-reported cultural competence (5.33/7.00 ± 0.66). However, half of respondents (50.56%, n = 45/89) believed they do not possess adequate knowledge of cultural competence concepts, and a majority of respondents were not taught cultural competence concepts during professional education (78.89%, n = 71/90) nor during athletic training-specific continuing education opportunities (54.44%, n = 49/90). Conclusion(s): Further investigation regarding athletic training educator cultural competence education is warranted. Additionally, barriers to recruitment and retention of underrepresented athletic training faculty should be explored to increase diversity within athletic training programs. Finally, an athletic training-specific cultural competence assessment may more accurately measure cultural competence in this population. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01