Contribution to Book
Integrating Evidence-Based Practice in Athletic Training Though Online Learning
Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare
(2019)
Abstract
Evidence-based practice (EBP) involves a health care professional using his or her own knowledge, the current research published, and the needs of the patient to make the best clinical decision. This has been a hot topic in many different branches of healthcare and recently athletic trainers have begun to embrace its importance. In December of 2015, athletic trainers (ATs) will need to have completed ten of their fifty continuing education units (CEUs) in EBP to maintain certification. While ATs recognize the significance of implementing EBP into clinical decision making, there are many barriers slowing the change. This chapter includes information about how EBP is currently being used by athletic training clinicians and educators, the barriers ATs perceive to using EBP, the importance of using EBP, and managing the transition needed to successfully adopt the use of EBP. Online learning will be reviewed as the primary method of diffusing EBP into the profession of Athletic Training.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2019
Editor
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour
Publisher
IGI Global
ISBN
9781522574903
DOI
10.4018/978-1-5225-7489-7.ch025
Citation Information
Brittany A. Vorndran and Michelle L D'Abundo. "Integrating Evidence-Based Practice in Athletic Training Though Online Learning" HersheyAdvanced Methodologies and Technologies in Medicine and Healthcare (2019) p. 316 - 326 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michelle-dabundo/5/