Table 2.

Structured Online Interview Guide

1. What influenced your decision to study athletic training?
2. What are your immediate plans after graduation (graduate school, working, leaving the profession)?
3. Discuss how you arrived at your decision (graduate school, working, leaving the profession)?
4. When you were making your postgraduation plans who influenced/impacted your decisions? What people did you turn to for advice (professors, clinical instructors, family, friends, significant others, etc)?
5. Did your postgraduation plans change from when you first entered your academic program? If so, please describe why. If no, please describe why not.
6. Reflect back on your opinions and expectations of the profession of athletic training before you began your academic preparation. How has it changed now that you are getting ready to graduate and did this impact your postgraduation decision?
7. Did any of your classmates leave the program before completing the coursework? If “yes,” do you know what factors contributed to them leaving the program early? Are your postgraduation plans different than your current classmates?
8. From what you have seen throughout your undergraduate education, why do you feel some of your classmates have chosen to not enter the profession of athletic training after graduation?
9. Do you feel your education and clinical experience have prepared you enough to practice as an athletic trainer? Has this at all influenced your postgraduation decisions?