@article {Donaldson759, author = {Alex Donaldson and Caroline F Finch}, title = {Identifying context-specific competencies required by community Australian Football sports trainers}, volume = {46}, number = {10}, pages = {759--765}, year = {2012}, doi = {10.1136/bjsports-2011-090073}, publisher = {British Association of Sport and Excercise Medicine}, abstract = {Background First-aid is a recommended injury prevention and risk management strategy in community sport; however, little is known about the sport-specific competencies required by first-aid providers. Objective To achieve expert consensus on the competencies required by community Australian Football (community-AF) sports trainers. Study design A three-round online Delphi process. Setting Community-AF. Participants 16 Australian sports first-aid and community-AF experts. Outcome measures Rating of competencies as either {\textquoteleft}essential{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}expected{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}ideal{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteleft}not required{\textquoteright}. Results After Round 3, 47 of the 77 (61\%) competencies were endorsed as {\textquoteleft}essential{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteleft}expected{\textquoteright} for a sports trainer to effectively perform the activities required to the standards expected at a community-AF club by >=75\% of experts. These competencies covered: the role of the sports trainer; the responsibilities of the sports trainer; emergency management; injury and illness assessment and immediate management; taping; and injury prevention and risk management. Four competencies (5\%) were endorsed as {\textquoteleft}ideal{\textquoteright} or {\textquoteleft}not required{\textquoteright} by >=85\% of experts and were excluded from further consideration. The 26 competencies where consensus was not reached were retained as second-tier, optional competencies. Conclusions Sports trainers are important members of on-field first-aid teams, providing support to both injured players and other sports medicine professionals. The competencies identified in this study provide the basis of a proposed two-tiered community-AF{\textendash}specific sports trainer education structure that can be implemented by the peak sports body. This includes six mandatory modules, relating to the {\textquoteleft}required{\textquoteright} competencies, and a further six optional modules covering competencies on which consensus was not reached.}, issn = {0306-3674}, URL = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/10/759}, eprint = {https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/10/759.full.pdf}, journal = {British Journal of Sports Medicine} }