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The number of athletic training education programs has grown substantially in recent years, which has increased competition for recruitment of the best students. Research pertaining to recruitment of students to other health professions provides useful guidelines for development of a recruiting program. Consideration of age of career selection, career/education program attractors, and the influence of personal relationships can maximize the effectiveness of recruiting efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Patient-based outcome measures are intended to enhance patient evaluation and injury management by providing patient-centered information regarding function, disability, and overall quality of life. Clinicians should avoid indiscriminate use of patient-based outcome scales by first determining the quality of the instrument on the basis of the criteria presented. Improperly selected patient-based outcome measures may fail to yield appropriate information for treatment planning, clinical decision making, and development of rehabilitation goals. Unfortunately, there is no scale that ideally satisfies all instrument criteria. Therefore, clinicians must consider the relative advantages and limitations of various outcome measures and then select the instrument that best fulfills the purpose of outcome data collection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]