Delegation and Empowerment in CAATE Accredited Athletic Training Education Programs.

Context: The use of delegation can potentially alleviate some of the stress with administering an athletic training education program (ATEP) and allow program directors (PDs) to focus on other aspects of their academic role. Objectives: To determine the reasons PDs delegate and do not delegate tasks to other faculty of ATEPs accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), and to determine if clinical education coordinators (CECs) of accredited ATEPs feel empowered when completing these tasks. Design and Setting: Survey of CECs and PDs of CAATE accredited entry-level ATEPs. Patients or other participants: At the time of this research there were 358 CAATE accredited entry-level ATEPs; 143 of these institutions had both CECs and PDs on staff resulting in 286 possible participants. Data Collection and Analysis: We developed two electronic survey instruments and established the validity and reliability. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and rank administrative ta...