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Staffing & Employment Characteristics of California Community College Athletic Trainers

Preliminary Results

Presented by: Russell Muir EdD, ATC at the California Community College Athletic Trainers’ Association Southern Symposium & Business Meeting August 5, 2016 San Diego Mesa College

Background

 The challenges in providing a wide range of health

care services to student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics have become more complex as colleges add more teams, more games (traditional and non-traditional seasons) and more training

• sessions. These increases, without proportionate

staffing adjustments, may increase the risk of injury due to increased athlete exposure.

 This effect may expose colleges to increased legal

liability.

Background

 According to the National Athletic Trainers’ Association

(NATA) “Recommendations and Guidelines for Appropriate Medical Coverage of Intercollegiate Athletics” (AMCIA) (2007), “Sports-related lawsuits have shifted away from equipment manufacturers and their “duty to warn” toward the health care delivery process.

 Universities are sued over whether they have properly

trained health care professionals, whether they have enough of them, whether they keep proper records, and whether they deliver proper treatment as a result” (p. 3).

Purpose

 Due to the locally governed nature of California’s

community college system, how athletic training is handled at each institution often varies.

 The purpose of this survey was to quantify several

variables related to labor practices, employee contracts, union representation and medical coverage.

Methodology

 With input from the executive board and several

former and current community college athletic trainers, a survey was created using SurveyMonkey.com.

 Using the CCCATA member directory and individual

college staff directories, the survey was emailed to athletic trainers representing all 105 community colleges that host intercollegiate athletics.

 Responses were received from 100 colleges (one

incomplete), a completed response rate of 94.3%.

Results Overview

Number of full-time athletic trainers and

distribution of contract length

Distribution of full-time and part-time staff Average number of sports per college Union representation Medical coverage

6 (6.06%) 53 (53.54%) 37 (37.37%) 3 (3.03%)

Q: How Many Full-Time Athletic Trainers does your college employ?

1 2 3

*A follow-up survey for part-time athletic trainers is currently being conducted

87 (62.59%) 27 (19.42%) 23 (16.55%) 1 (0.72%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (0.72%)

Contracted Months per Year for Full- Time Athletic Trainers

12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5

Athletic Training Staff Colleges Sports Offered Colleges with Football FT PT N % Min Max Avg SD N % 3 3 3.03 15 20 17.67 2.517 3 100 2 2 2 2.02 21 21 21 0.000 2 100 2 1 10 10.10 10 25 17.90 4.280 9 90 2 25 25.25 10 23 15.76 3.358 22 88 1 2 5 5.05 12 23 16.80 4.658 5 100 1 1 19 19.19 7 17 11.89 2.846 14 73.7 1 29 29.29 3 21 8.79 4.212 11 37.9 3 1 1.01 2 2 2 0.000 1 5 5.05 2 11 5.80 3.899 Total 99 100 2 25 12.74 5.368 66 66.7

(3-0) (2-2) (2-1) (2-0) (1-2) (1-1) (1-0) (0-3) (0-1) Avg 17.67 21 17.9 15.76 16.8 11.89 8.79 2 5.8 17.67 21 17.9 15.76 16.8 11.89 8.79 2 5.8 5 10 15 20 25

Sports

Athletic Trainers (FT-PT)

Average Number of Sports per Athletic Training Profile

82.73% 10.07% 0.00% 5.04% 1.44% 0.72%

Full-Time Union Representaion

Classified Faculty Management Union

Management Non-Union

Unrepresented Unsure 40.40% 42.42% 17.17%

Q: Are non-faculty Certified Athletic Trainers able to teach courses at your college?

Yes No Other

Medical Coverage

38 (38.38%) 61 (61.62%)

Q: Must an ATC be present in order for your teams to practice?

Yes No

88 (88.89%) 11 (11.11%)

Q: Does your college allow teams to practice on the weekends?

Yes No

Medical Coverage

 Based on injury rate

and catastrophic injury rate, the AMCIA recommends an athletic trainer be minimally able to respond within 3-5 minutes for these sports.

 Though being present

is optimal.

8 20 9 68 7 7 3 3 5 1 4 6 1 1 82 66 78 20 83 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Basketball W Soccer M Soccer W Volleyball M Volleyball W

Medical Response Within 3-5 Minutes

Yes No Occasionally Not Offered

Medical Coverage

 According to the AMCIA

guidelines, wrestling, football and men’s basketball are considered high risk based on injury rate and catastrophic injury rate.

 Recommend an athletic

trainer be present at all practices/competitions.

7 27 68 17 5 3 48 2 12 26 60 7 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Basketball M Football Wrestling

Certified Athletic Trainers Present at Practice Venue

Yes No Occasionally Not Offered

Discussion

 The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Sports

Medicine Handbook recommends the use of the NATA’s AMCIA in determining appropriate medical staffing levels for intercollegiate athletics.

 The AMCIA states:

 “It is reasonable that one certified athletic trainer can only

manage so much in a given academic year (i.e., ~one sport/season)” (p. 7).

 “…the assumption that full-time health care staff are able to

care for two high risk sport teams in a given year (providing no significant overlap in seasons exists)” (p. 10).

 “A certified athletic trainer must directly supervise all full-

service athletic training facilities during institution-declared hours of service” (p. 13).

Discussion

 Currently, the California Community College Athletic

Association (CCCAA) has not addressed athletic training staffing recommendations.

 Due to the locally governed nature of California’s community

colleges, access to medical services for student athletes may differ from college to college and may also vary from sport to sport, creating unjust inequities.

 More research is necessary.