Job Classification and Work-Life Balance Strategies for the Emerging AT Professional
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Abstract:
Athletic trainers practicing in clinical settings are subject to varying work schedules due to the complexity of athletic practices/ events. Athletic trainers are highly qualified health care professionals and provide unique medical services to patients. Many athletic training positions are housed in departments among non-medical personnel. Due to this misclassification, job descriptions, specifications and salaries have the potential to be determined disproportionately to the care provided. This persisting issue can create undue job strain leading to chronic stress and burnout.
Objectives:
- Participants will be able to compare and contrast current trends in job classifications within athletic training employment settings.,
- Participants will be able to differentiate signs and symptoms of chronic stress and burnout linked to job strain in health care occupations.,
- Participants will be able to establish job classification restructuring strategies linked to successful practice in athletic training.
Level:
Essential
Domains:
Domain 5: Health Care Administration and Professional Responsibility
CEUs:
1.0 Category A
Keywords: work-life balance, burnout, job classification, stress, restructuring strategies, emerging
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Adam Thompson, PhD, LAT, ATC
Dr. Adam Thompson is the Chair for the Division of Health & Human Performances. He has been employed at IWU since 1999. Dr. Thompson is active with patients providing clinical care to IWU’s men’s and women’s cross country and golf teams as well as volunteering as an orthopedic healthcare provider at Bridges to Health, a free healthcare clinic in Marion, IN. In addition, he is part of the sports medicine support team for the USA Olympic fencing teams.
He received his undergraduate athletic training degree at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. He received his Masters of Science in athletic training from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. His doctorate degree is from Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Health Care Administration. Dr. Thompson’s research interests involve chronic stress and burnout in health care as well as manual therapy clinical interventions.