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As athletes re-enter their worlds of school and sport, it is important for the adults around them to support a healthy adjustment to structured days and busy schedules. Many athletes have high expectations for themselves and can become discouraged if situations such as play time or sports performance does not occur as they expect.
We can support our athletes by giving them the opportunity to speak about and validate their experiences as they return to sports.
The following are some common warning signs of emotional distress:. If your student-athlete is exhibiting one or more of these signs, please respond to your concerns by seeking the available resources within your community. Resources provided here. We recommend all children eligible, currently ages 12 and older, to be vaccinated to help protect themselves and contacts who may not be able to be vaccinated. The currently available vaccine has been shown to be overall safe and very effective limiting COVID risks and helping reduce transmission.
Children who have any symptoms or concerns after vaccination should discuss with their provider prior to continuing sports participation.
Athletes who are vaccinated should still follow local ordinances when it comes to m asking and distancing. R ecommendation s may change based on local preprevalence rates. Indoor and outdoor activities have minimal COVID risks in fully vaccinated athletes, but they can happen. If an athlete starts to have COVID-like symptoms, they should isolate and be evaluated prior to further par ticipation. Proper use of a face mask for all indoor sports training, competition, and on the sidelines is strongly recommended for people who are not fully vaccinated, except in the case where the mask bears a safety risk, as outlined below.
We encourage families to check state and local health department orders when considering travel. Check local and regional health department recommendations on travel restrictions or quarantine recommendations up on arrival. Do not share hotel rooms or accommodations with athletes or families outside of you own househo ld. We do not recommend international travel at this time. Group practices, competitions and gatherings will be directed by the state and local government as well as individual school district policies.
We recommend limiting exposure as much as possible. If you do go to practice or competition, we always recommend unvaccinated persons wearing a mask, maintaining physical distancing measures and having hand sanitizer available for personal use. In efforts to continue to try and mitigate risk of transmission in activities that are at increased risk of transmission, i.
Screening testing can include student-athletes, coaches, parent volunteers, athletic trainers and any other individuals who may come into close contact with others during these activities. Testing frequency and timing may vary depending on the type and location of activity or sport and is described below. Screening testing is recommended twice per week. Screening testing is recommended at least once a week.
Universal screening testing for sports competitions should be considered the day of the competition or one day before. If your child is exposed, has symptoms or has a positive test, please see this flowchart to determine how and when it is safe to return to sport. Fully vaccinated persons without symptoms and who are not immunocompromised, do not require testing. Fully vaccinated is defined as 2 weeks following last recommended dose by the manufacturer.
Each individual athlete and family must weigh the risk of infection due to the mouthpiece versus the risk of dental trauma. We do recommend that unvaccinated coaches, staff and spectators wear masks or face protection. Masks should be considered while unvaccinated athletes are actively participating in their sport if physical distancing is not possible. However, if safety concerns exist due to use of mask with participation, masks should not be mandatory during active participation as masks may be difficult for athletes to wear with participation in sport.
We do not recommend masks with plastic face shields during sport participation. If an unvaccinated athlete is not actively participating in a drill or competition, it is recommended they wear a mask.
It is human nature to socially gather and sports are not different. As such, as the number of athletes allowed to gather in one place increases, and physical distancing recommendations remain, we recommend adequate adult supervision by coaches, staff or volunteers in order to encourage and remind athletes to physically distance.
Centers for Disease Control. Aspen Institute. State of Kansas. State of Missouri. COVID infection rates are consistent with community spread rates. COVID spread is less common non-contact sports when compared to contact sports. COVID spread is less common in outdoor sports when compared to indoor sports. Asking if in the past 48 hours they have experienced: Diarrhea, vomiting or nausea Fever over General Recommendations We recommend that coaches, staff, school participants and spectators wear masks or face protection at all indoor practices and games.
Do NOT share water bottles, equipment, towels, etc. No team huddles, handshakes or fist bumps should take place. Allow for physical distancing in common areas including bathrooms, stands, sidelines, dugouts. All machines and equipment MUST be properly cleaned before and after each individual use. Acknowledgement of infection risks The decision to participate in sports and spectate at sporting events will be dependent on athletes, families, and sports clubs in concordance with rules and regulations from authorities.
Benefit of sports and responsibilities of the athlete The participation in sport has known health benefits, including promoting physical fitness and mental wellness. Return to sports All guidance, rules and regulations regarding the return of sports must be followed as set forth by the national, state, or local governments and health departments. Symptoms of the coronavirus can include fever temperature of Shortened quarantine options may be available.
Contact your local health department for further details. If unsure about whether to attend or participate in practice due to possible symptoms OR exposure, it is recommended you contact your health care provider.
Phase 6: Return to competition with no restrictions. What sports and when? Continue to follow local, county, state or national guidelines and recommendations. Each individual athlete should make sure they have no symptoms.
At minimum, thoroughly wash your hands with soap and water minimum 20 seconds OR use hand sanitizer Before AND After practice or competition. Avoid touching your face or any object unless necessary and wash your hands after. No high fives, fist bumps or chest bumps. Personal protective equipment — should players and coaches be wearing masks? Masks MUST be worn in public by unvaccinated persons, outside of sport, as directed by state or local government and what is currently recommended by the CDC.
Emerging evidence suggests that this tailoring to the practice's unique context may increase the likelihood of sustainability by helping to better incorporate quality improvement changes into the day-to-day routines of the practice.
Evaluation of our practice coaching intervention, which was designed to foster adoption of the CCM and use of the "Integrating Chronic Care and Business Strategies in the Safety Net" toolkit, has led to the following conclusions:.
For those practices interested in hiring their own practice coach, below are some characteristics to consider, including a list of core competencies and a proposed scope of work.
Because this area has not been empirically examined in the context of ambulatory care, we rely on our own experience and our conversations with national leaders to suggest what makes a good practice coach.
In our experience and that of others in the coaching world, certain characteristics and personality traits of the coach are tremendously important. Because of the interpersonal nature of the coaching relationship, respect for others, superior communication skills, and open-mindedness are characteristics deemed most crucial. Other characteristics mentioned by experienced program leaders as important for a potential coach include empathy, creativity, passion for the job, and respect for the real-life barriers in practice.
They also need to have a thick skin and avoid internalizing things. Being a "people-person" was considered very important e. Teaching skills also were emphasized, as was the ability to read between the lines and elicit underlying issues in a nonthreatening way.
Those quality improvement leaders who have experience serving as practice coaches spoke about some of the challenges of working with different types of people on different teams.
The executive director of one quality improvement effort said, "Coaches must have a variety of approaches at their fingertips to connect with different teams. And, you need lots of different tools in your toolbox to connect with different types of staff—from those with a high school education to highly trained providers. A coach has to work well with all of them. In many cases, the coach is the face of the quality improvement program for the practice teams.
Being able to keep teams engaged in what is often very challenging improvement work is not easy. As one coach put it, "You have to have a thick skin.
There is no way around it. You'll be treated like dirt, and you can't take it personally. In addition to the interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence of coaches that may enable them to function well in a practice, some skills and content knowledge are needed.
Although all our interviewees agreed that these skills were important, there was some debate as to which were essential and which were nice to have. If you are fortunate enough to have a number of coaches that will work together on your initiative, then the group as a whole could possess these skills.
Each coach individually may be able to provide specialized knowledge in areas where they are more familiar. If you only are able to hire one coach, seeking out external sources of support in areas where that person may not be as strong would be helpful. There was considerable debate about how important it is for the coach to be clinically trained, such as a registered nurse, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, medical doctor, or doctor of osteopathy.
Some thought it was essential that the coach be a clinician to provide credibility and to act as a resource with whom the practicing physician could discuss clinical issues in improvement. Others thought having a clinician coach may be a detriment because of an overemphasis on the clinical aspects of care. These respondents stressed the wide variety of skill sets needed to care for patients and emphasized how a coach needs to be able to value and speak to each role.
In the end there are pros and cons to having a clinician coach. Likely it is important for the coach to have some clinical credibility and to be able to access a provider to come in and talk to the clinicians on an "as-needed" basis. There is little information about the costs of coaching, which of course varies with the intensity of coaching, the qualifications of the coach, and the duration of the coaching.
Practice coaching has been shown to be cost-effective by reducing inappropriate testing and treatment costs and increasing practice efficiency. More than 1, physician practices have participated in CCM collaboratives. Collaboratives can be thought of as group coaching sessions, where several practices are all trained in CCM implementation at the same time.
There is real value in bringing together groups of practices. Teams benefit when they get together to interact, share lessons learned, feel some camaraderie with colleagues undergoing similar transformation, and develop ongoing networks. Coaching has also been used as a supplement to collaborative learning sessions, blending the best that both methods have to offer. We're trying to capitalize on doing them both together.
Clearly the field of practice coaching is still evolving, and it may be that even as our knowledge base grows, different models will work better in different settings. Who was coached? Fifty-four physicians and allied health staff in 22 primary care practices in Ontario, Canada.
Who were the coaches? Three "prevention facilitators," all nurses with community nursing degrees and previous facilitation experience. They received 30 weeks of training in outpatient medical systems and management, preventive improvement, performance reporting, and facilitation techniques.
Each coach was assigned to up to eight practices with up to six physicians per practice within a geographic area. How was the coaching structured? The coaches worked out of their homes and traveled by car to the practice locations for onsite visits. During the 18 months of the intervention, they made 33 visits to each practice and spent 1 hour and 40 minutes per visit, on average. Between visits, they corresponded regularly with each practice through E-mail and telephone calls.
What roles did coaches play? The coaches served as educators , providing evidence on best preventive practices; motivators , using audit and feedback as well as opinion leader strategies; consultants , offering specific improvement tools and strategies such as reminder systems; team conveners and consensus builders ; and chart auditors.
What did coaches do? They presented baseline performance data; facilitated the meetings in which the practices set performance goals, developed prevention plans, and developed and adapted strategies and tools to implement these plans; and conducted chart audits to provide performance data to monitor success.
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