In:
Journal of Athletic Training, Journal of Athletic Training/NATA, ( 2023-10-6)
Abstract:
Developing effective interprofessional teams is vital to achieving quality care for those dealing with behavioral health concerns. Athletic trainers (ATs) play a vital role as they are often the first healthcare provider to interact with student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics. However, research regarding how behavioral health providers view the AT's role on interprofessional behavioral health teams is limited. Objective: To explore behavioral health providers’ perceived role of ATs in collaborative behavioral healthcare. Design: Qualitative. Setting: Individual interviews. Patients or Other Participants: Nine behavioral healthcare providers (women=6, men=3; age range=30-59 years, years in clinical practice=6-25 years) from NCAA Power 5 schools were interviewed. Data Collection and Analysis: Participants were contacted via publicly available contact information from their university websites. Participants engaged in an individual, audio-only interview using a commercially available teleconferencing platform. All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and returned to participants for member checking. A phenomenological approach with inductive coding and multi-analyst triangulation was performed to analyze the transcripts for common themes and sub-themes. Results: Three themes emerged: (1) provider experience, (2) AT's role in behavioral health, and (3) collaboration. Provider experience included sub-themes of formal education and interaction with ATs. Sub-themes of an AT's role included care coordination, information gathering, and positive proximity. Sub-themes for collaboration included structural collaboration, cultural collaboration, collaboration concerns, and suggestions for ideal collaboration. Conclusions: Collaborative care models can enhance providers' ability and maximize support of student-athlete wellness. This study demonstrates that behavioral health providers working within a collaborative care model with ATs have overall positive experiences with such collaboration, and that clear role delineation and responsibilities help to foster high-quality patient care.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1938-162X
,
1062-6050
DOI:
10.4085/1062-6050-0530.22
Language:
English
Publisher:
Journal of Athletic Training/NATA
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2070051-9
SSG:
31
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