ERIC Number: EJ1134830
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1947-380X
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The Impact of Concussion Education on the Knowledge and Perceived Expertise of Novice Health Care Professionals
Hunt, Tamerah N.; Harris, Laura; Way, David
Athletic Training Education Journal, v12 n1 p26-38 Jan-Mar 2017
Context: Concussion legislation mandates that health care providers have experience in concussion management. Unfortunately, standards for current continuing and clinician education are ill defined. Objective: (1) Determine if a didactic-based educational intervention would increase knowledge and perceived expertise and (2) examine the correlations between the variables of knowledge, experience, and perceived expertise. Design: Prospective cohort study, level II. Patients or Other Participants: Novice health care providers were divided into 2 groups: college sophomore athletic training students (n = 16) and college sophomore medical dietetics students (n = 19). Setting: Classroom setting. Intervention(s): Both groups were administered a knowledge questionnaire before the intervention (Time 1) and again 30 weeks later (Time 3). The athletic training student group completed a didactic intervention and completed the questionnaire at the end of the quarter ~15 weeks later (Time 2). Main Outcome Measure(s): The main outcome measure was a 34-item questionnaire designed to examine knowledge, experience, and perceived expertise using true-false items, scenarios, Likert-scaled items, and open-ended questions derived from existing evidence and current literature. The scores from the knowledge, perceived expertise, and experience items served as dependent variables. Results: No statistically significant interaction between groups existed on knowledge scores after the didactic intervention (P = 0.10). Statistically significant interactions existed between group and time for both perceived expertise (F[subscript 1,33] = 86.38, P = 0.001) and experience (F[subscript 1,33] = 14.2, P = 0.001) with the athletic training student group demonstrating significant increases in scores over time. There was a statistically significant correlation between the number of concussions evaluated and perceived expertise (r[superscript 2] = 0.630, P = 0.001). Conclusions: Educators need to implement the best educational techniques to maximize knowledge attainment and perceived expertise. While it appears that clinical experience may supersede didactic education, a combination of both will encourage higher-level thinking and implementation.
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Knowledge Level, Correlation, Experience, Expertise, Allied Health Personnel, Health Services, College Students, Dietetics, Athletics, Trainers, Questionnaires, Pretests Posttests, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis, Scores, Self Efficacy, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Lecture Method
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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