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Journal article
What Is an Extreme Sports Healthcare Provider: An Auto-Ethnographic Study of the Development of an Extreme Sports Medicine Training Program
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.19(14), pp.1-11
07/07/2022
PMCID: PMC9323505
PMID: 35886138
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Abstract
“I remember when sex was safe and skydiving was dangerous” read a popular bumper sticker during the HIV crisis. Popular perceptions of extreme sport (ES) often include the descriptor ‘dangerous’. Therefore, why is the popularity of ES increasing exponentially with “dedicated TV channels, internet sites, high-rating competitions, and high-profile sponsors drawing more participants”? More importantly, how should health practitioners respond to the influx of ES athletes with novel injuries, enquiries and attitudes. This paper describes the results of a collaborative auto-ethnographic approach to answering “what is an extreme sports medicine health care provider and what are the components of an effective Extreme Sports Medicine (ESM) training program?” The study was conducted following the first ESM university course offered in Australia with the intention of assessing the learning design and reflecting on the development and practice of ES health practitioners. We explicated three overarching themes common to both the ES health practitioner and for the effective training of healthcare providers in the support of ES endeavors and athletes. These themes were individual, task and environmental factors. The impacts of these findings confirm that ESM courses are vital and should be designed specifically to ensure that practitioners are effectively supported to develop the unique skills necessary for practice in real world extreme sports events.
Details
- Title
- What Is an Extreme Sports Healthcare Provider: An Auto-Ethnographic Study of the Development of an Extreme Sports Medicine Training Program
- Creators
- Larissa Trease - University of TasmaniaEdi Albert - University of TasmaniaGlenn Singleman - University of TasmaniaEric Brymer - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.19(14), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Grant note
- This work was funded by the University of Tasmania School of Medicine and developed in collaboration with Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), the Centre for Antarctic, Remote and Maritime Medicine (CARMM) and the Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ASAM).
- Identifiers
- 991013037533102368
- Copyright
- © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article