Female Atheltic Trainers: Work and Life Balance (M

What, if any, organizational policies are in place to help you as a female AT with children to help maintain a balanced life-style?

Do you feel that since starting your family you have had to make sacrifices personally and/or professionally? Please describe.

Do you feel as though you will be able to persist in your current position with your current job and family responsibilities?

What are your professional goals?

Have they changed since you've started a family?

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

Describe your personality.

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

If so, what factors have contributed to the challenge?

If not, why haven't you had challenges?

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 enthuusiasm?

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

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

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