Career Aspirations of Recent Graduates from Professional Master's-Level Athletic Training Programs

Autor/inn/en	Barrett, Jessica L.; Bowman, Thomas G.; Singe, Stephanie M.; Kilbourne, Brianne F.
Titel	Career Aspirations of Recent Graduates from Professional Master's-Level Athletic Training Programs
Quelle	In: Athletic Training Education Journal, 17 (2022) 1, S.46-52 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-380X
Schlagwörter	Occupational Aspiration; College Graduates; Masters Programs; Athletics; Physical Education; Persistence; Employee Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Leichtathletik; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Ausdauer; Arbeitnehmerinteresse
Abstract	Context: Transition to clinical practice is a topic receiving substantial attention. Many reports have focused on the educational program's role and have stopped short of identifying the impact of the initial year of employment on desire to persist and future career goals. Objective: To examine the career aspirations of athletic trainers in their first year of employment who graduated from professional master's programs. Design: Qualitative. Setting: Nine professional master's athletic training programs, variety of employment settings. Patients or Other Participants: Seven men and 7 women (age = 25.6 ± 3.7 years). Data Collection and Analysis: A general inductive approach was used to analyze data from individual interviews conducted 6 and 12 months into the first year of clinical practice. Multiple-analyst triangulation and peer review ensured credibility. Results: Graduates of professional master's programs in athletic training plan to stay in the profession. However, newly credentialed athletic trainers do not plan to remain with their initial employer beyond 2 years; 11 of 14 participants (79%) stated their first job was transitional. The first year of employment did not change participants' perceptions, as the graduates knew upon taking their first job that it would be temporary. Though participants planned to change jobs, most (79%) planned to continue to engage in clinical practice as athletic trainers. Conclusions: Understanding newly credentialed athletic trainers' perceptions of the impact of the first year of employment can provide educators and employers important insight to assist in retention and persistence of young professionals. Graduates regard their first years of employment as impermanent. However, the majority do not wish to leave clinical practice. Participants viewed their first job as a way to gain valuable experience that did not dissuade them from continuing in the field. Recent graduates demonstrated ambitions to experience different work settings and higher-level positions with greater responsibilities. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01