Poster Session
The Experience of Professional Master’s Athletic Training Students with Sexual Harassment
Location
Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center
Access Type
Open Access
Entry Number
18
Start Date
4-10-2019 12:00 PM
End Date
4-10-2019 1:15 PM
College
College of Health Sciences
Department
Athletic Training
Abstract
Sexual harassment is a concern in healthcare professions and on college campuses nationwide. Athletic trainers are healthcare professionals who work in close conjunction with student-athletes, predisposing them to potential sexual harassment occurrences. This study was conducted to examine the experience of sexual harassment and gender bias of professional master’s athletic training students while in their clinical education settings. A digital questionnaire was sent out to CAATE-accredited professional master’s athletic training program directors, along with a recruitment email encouraging program directors to send the survey to students currently enrolled in the programs they lead. The study revealed that professional master’s athletic training students are sexually harassed in the clinical setting, with 28.7% of recipients reporting they feel as though they have been subjected to sexual harassment behaviors. Themes seen through recipients accounts of sexual harassment included athletic trainers having to make adjustments after incidents instead of the perpetrators, sexual harassment most commonly manifesting through inappropriate comments, verbal communication most commonly leading to resolution, and the situation being ignored completely depending on the status of the perpetrator (coaches, preceptors, or officials). It is apparent that sexual harassment affects some professional master’s athletic training students in clinical education settings. Our findings may assist in identifying potential risk factors for sexual harassment occurrences and can be used to suggest stronger policies, procedures, and educational interventions to assist in changing the culture surrounding sexual harassment in athletics.
Keywords: Collegiate setting, student-athletes, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, preventive measures.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Thomas G. Bowman Dr. Stephanie Mazerolle Dr. Debbie Bradney
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The Experience of Professional Master’s Athletic Training Students with Sexual Harassment
Memorial Ballroom, Hall Campus Center
Sexual harassment is a concern in healthcare professions and on college campuses nationwide. Athletic trainers are healthcare professionals who work in close conjunction with student-athletes, predisposing them to potential sexual harassment occurrences. This study was conducted to examine the experience of sexual harassment and gender bias of professional master’s athletic training students while in their clinical education settings. A digital questionnaire was sent out to CAATE-accredited professional master’s athletic training program directors, along with a recruitment email encouraging program directors to send the survey to students currently enrolled in the programs they lead. The study revealed that professional master’s athletic training students are sexually harassed in the clinical setting, with 28.7% of recipients reporting they feel as though they have been subjected to sexual harassment behaviors. Themes seen through recipients accounts of sexual harassment included athletic trainers having to make adjustments after incidents instead of the perpetrators, sexual harassment most commonly manifesting through inappropriate comments, verbal communication most commonly leading to resolution, and the situation being ignored completely depending on the status of the perpetrator (coaches, preceptors, or officials). It is apparent that sexual harassment affects some professional master’s athletic training students in clinical education settings. Our findings may assist in identifying potential risk factors for sexual harassment occurrences and can be used to suggest stronger policies, procedures, and educational interventions to assist in changing the culture surrounding sexual harassment in athletics.
Keywords: Collegiate setting, student-athletes, Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, preventive measures.