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Actual and Perceived Feedback Delivery During Athletic Training Clinical Education With and Without the Use of
1Athletic Training Education Program, Dep. of Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSC04 2610, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Tel 502-277-1610. nottingham@unm.edu.
Background:
Effective feedback delivered to students during clinical education experiences is important to their development as healthcare providers. However, preceptors describe challenges with providing effective feedback. Researchers in teacher education have successfully used bug-in-ear technology, or two-way radios, to improve feedback in clinical fieldwork environments.
Objective:
To examine actual and perceived feedback delivery by athletic training preceptors with and without the use of bug-in-ear technology.
Procedures:
This qualitative study included 13 athletic training students and 8 preceptor volunteers from three athletic training programs. Four days of observations were conducted for each preceptor-student group, 2 days without and 2 days with bug-in-ear technology. Participants were then interviewed about their experiences. Use of peer-review, triangulation, and member checking improved trustworthiness of the study.
Results:
Preceptors provided corrective and confirming feedback along with instruction. Most feedback provided by preceptors is focused on their clinical skill performance. Lastly, participants perceived a change in feedback with bug-in-ear technology, but no changes were observed.
Conclusions:
Preceptors should be encouraged to continue delivering feedback that confirms and corrects behavior, prompts instruction, and helps with skill performance. Although bug-in-ear technology did not increase feedback delivery, participants perceived a positive change with the technology and no negative impacts were observed.
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