Female Athletic Trainers: Work and Life Balance (S

What are your professional goals?

What are your personal goals?

Discuss if working in the athletic training profession provides a suitable working environment to achieve a balance.

Have you experienced challenges finding a balance between your personal goal and professional life?

If so, what factors have contributed to the challenge?

If not, why haven't you had challenges?

Do you have a support system that helps you maintain a healthy balance between your personal and professional life?

What personal strategies do you capitalize on to maintain or promote a balance between your personal and professional life?

What role does your supervisor play in your ability to find a balanced life-style?

What personal strategies do you utilize to sustain your professional enthusiasm?

Describe for me how your work setting has influenced your professional commitment.

Do you believe, once you have a family, that you will have to make sacrifices personally and/or professionally? Please describe.

As a young female, have you had a role model/mentor, who has helped you grow professionally? Please elaborate [why, what role they played, etc.].

Was your role model male or female?

In your opinion could having more female role models [those who remain in the profession with children] influence retention rates for other female ATs?