Table 3.
Personal Skills and Attributes Barriers Among Athletic Training Groups, No. (%)
| Barriers Personal Skills and Attributes Items |
Professional Athletic Training Education Program Directors |
Clinical Preceptors |
Athletic Training Clinicians |
Postprofessional Athletic Training Educators |
Postprofessional Athletic Training Students |
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| Agree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Agree |
Disagree |
|
| Ability to critically appraise the literature | 43 (32.5) | 89 (67.5) | 98 (36.8) | 168 (63.2) | 299 (41.8) | 417 (58.2) | 2 (8.4) | 22 (91.6) | 17 (23.9) | 54 (76.1) |
| Personal confidence to implement changes in my clinical practice | 49 (37.1) | 83 (62.9) | 98 (36.8) | 168 (63.2) | 243 (33.9) | 473 (66.1) | 4 (16.7) | 20 (83.3) | 30 (42.3) | 41 (57.7) |
| Personal interest in evidence-based practice | 61 (46.2) | 71 (53.8) | 105 (39.4) | 161 (60.6) | 308 (43.0) | 408 (57.0) | 4 (16.7) | 20 (83.3) | 19 (26.8) | 52 (73.2) |
| Understanding of the evidence-based practice process | 62 (47.0) | 70 (53.0) | 136 (51.1) | 130 (48.9) | 334 (46.6) | 382 (53.4) | 2 (8.4) | 22 (91.6) | 15 (21.1) | 56 (78.9) |
| Understanding statistical analyses | 58 (43.9) | 74 (56.1) | 144 (54.2) | 122 (45.8) | 408 (57.0) | 308 (43.0) | 2 (8.4) | 22 (91.6) | 30 (42.3) | 41 (57.7) |
| Ability to make independent clinical decisions | 26 (19.7) | 106 (80.3) | 51 (19.2) | 215 (80.8) | 159 (22.2) | 557 (77.8) | 1 (4.2) | 23 (95.8) | 12 (16.9) | 59 (83.1) |
| Ability to develop an answerable clinical question | 38 (28.8) | 94 (71.2) | 86 (32.4) | 180 (67.6) | 230 (32.1) | 486 (67.9) | 2 (8.4) | 22 (91.6) | 22 (31.0) | 49 (69.0) |
| Familiarity with Internet databases and search engines | 40 (30.3) | 92 (69.7) | 75 (28.2) | 191 (71.8) | 274 (38.3) | 442 (61.7) | 1 (4.2) | 23 (95.8) | 10 (14.1) | 61 (85.9) |