• June 30, 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• PCC,121ABC

Creating Master Adaptive Athletic Trainers: Using Coaching to Foster Self-Regulation and Mitigate Burnout

There is a growing need to equip athletic trainers (ATs) with tools to navigate the evolving demands of clinical practice, including high stress, role overload, and increasing rates of burnout. While the Master Adaptive Learner (MAL) framework and coaching strategies are well-supported in health professions education to foster self-regulation and lifelong learning, they remain underutilized in athletic training. This creates a performance and competency gap in developing resilient, adaptive practitioners. Closing this gap is critical to supporting AT well-being, promoting reflective practice, and ultimately improving patient care and professional longevity in a field experiencing high attrition and increasing complexity.

Learning Objectives - Describe the key components of the Master Adaptive Learner framework and its relevance to the professional development of athletic trainers.
- Analyze how coaching strategies can support self-regulated learning and adaptive expertise in the context of athletic training practice.
- Develop a personalized action plan to integrate coaching principles and self-reflection techniques aimed at reducing burnout and enhancing professional growth.

Lab Objectives
- Show active listening and open-ended questioning techniques in a peer coaching scenario to support self-reflection and self-regulation.

Keywords: Professional Well-Being; Reflective Practice; Resilience