Clinical Outcomes Education and Training

The Research and Education Foundation (REF) in collaboration with the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) have widely promoted the importance of evaluating the outcomes of athletic training services and embracing EBP in athletic training. To support clinical outcomes research in athletic training, the REF and NATA have recently partnered to allocate $1 million dollars in reasearch funding. Further, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Pew health Professions Commission have both strongly advocated to educate and train all healthcare practitioners, regardless of their discipline, in the use of information technology, assessment of clinical outcomes, and EBP, in order to meet the demands of the 21st century healthcare system (Sauers, NATA News 2005).

There are, however, very few athletic trainers who are educated and trained to conduct clinical outcomes research utilizing infomration technology to support EBP. Currently this lack of education and training serves as a major barrier to the achievement of the goals fo the REF and the NATA.

As a project grant, the CORE-AT Project provides direct support to the education and training elements of the Foundation's mission. Below are additional clinical outcomes training and education resources.

Resources

Online Courses

Online training courses in Evidence Based Practice and Outcomes Assessment, provided by the CORE-AT Project. (coming soon)

Clinical Outcomes Scales Repository

Bibliographic reference for over 200 Clinical Outcome scales. Includes full text versions where available.

Publications and Grants

A list of the publications and grants of the CORE-AT project team.

Additional Education and Training Resources

Journal articles and books relating to clinical outcomes and evidence based practice.

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