This week I was asked to find a scholarly article that actually goes against or argues about the professional field of Athletic Training. The one that I found was an article that talks about the unprofessional actions of sexual harassment with student athletic trainers. I picked this certain article because my field resembles being professional and intelligence but it seems that even the misguided few can make a professional career into something it's not.
In the scholarly article it starts talking about how they collected data from a majority of student athletic trainers. The student athletic trainers had to participate in a questionnaire which was called the "Student Athletic Trainer-Sexual Experiences Questionnaire" (SAT-SEQ). From the eight hundred and twenty-five students that took this the results showed that 86% were harassed by student-athletes, 36% from the coaches, and even 25% from certified athletic trainers. As a student trying to get into this field I understand that this might happen. There are a lot of people out there that are missing a screw somewhere, but this article doesn't scare me from becoming an Athletic Trainer. Not one job is perfect in this type of world. There will always be "misguided" people out there and if you try to find a career without any then you aren't ever going to find a career in the first place. This article is nothing more then a warning about the real life, the only thing is they are looking at the career of Athletic Training. If sexual harassment issues are this bad in this field of work then I don't want to know how worse it could be in other fields. Just stay alert and know what's wrong and right like you should be in the Athletic Training field.
Hauth, J M. "The Incidence Of Sexual Harassment Among Students Enrolled in CAAHEP-Accredited Athletic Training Education Programs: A National Study."Journal of Athletic Training. 36.2 (2001): S-48. Print. <http://search.proquest.com.proxy1.cl.msu.edu/docview/18252142/64E2433A964A420DPQ/2?accountid=12598>.
I think you're completely right about all careers having people with some issues. Sexual harassment is an issue just about everywhere. It definitely should not scare people away from this field because I think athletic training sounds like a great career.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great career and sadly this world isn't perfect but all you go to is push on through. If something every pops up you need to stand up for yourself and know whats right from wrong.
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