Fellowships and Faculty Development
Sports Medicine Fellowship

Description
The sports medicine fellow will have a unique opportunity to experience primary care sports medicine in a variety of settings from the leaders in the field. The Fellow will work closely with Douglas B. McKeag M.D., M.S., Chairman, Department of Family Medicine and Director, Indiana University Center for Sports Medicine at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport. Dr. McKeag is nationally recognized in the field, a well-published researcher, and one of the founders of AMSSM (American Medical Society for Sports Medicine).

The Fellow will have many responsibilities including coverage of the many national professional and amateur sporting events that come to Indianapolis. The city is the home to the NCAA headquarters, ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine), National High School Federation, and numerous professional, collegiate, and high school teams. He/She will have primary coverage of a high school, cover Division I Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), and coverage for the Indianapolis Colts' training camp, under the supervision of primary care sports medicine physicians. The Fellow will also be caring for sports injuries in a variety of settings including multiple primary care sports medicine clinics and training rooms. Additionally, the fellow will work with the well-respected orthopedic surgery specialists at nearby Methodist Sports Medicine.

The sports medicine fellow will have opportunity to learn from primary care sports medicine physicians, orthopedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine, sports physical therapists, athletic trainers in clinical, practical, and didactic settings. Educational experiences will also include attendance and presentation at weekly sports medicine grand rounds, monthly sports medicine wellness series, sports medicine discussion groups, journal clubs, and musculoskeletal radiology rounds. The Fellow will become an expert in primary care sports medicine evaluation and assessment of disease/injury as well as prevention, and long-term rehabilitation plans.

Numerous lectures in a variety of settings will be given by the Fellow including presentations to the family medicine and internal medicine residents at Indiana University in order to stimulate more knowledge and enthusiasm in the field. The Fellow will also be encouraged to submit cases and/or abstracts for presentation at national sports medicine conferences. The fellowship involves a research project which may be in any area of interest in sports medicine. Community service is critical when functioning as a professional and the fellow is expected to serve at area events and learn to incorporate community resources into the practice of sports medicine. The Fellow will also have regular family medicine continuity clinics to maintain valuable primary care skills. Fellows trained in this setting will be prepared to become leaders in the field of primary care sports medicine, and become extremely comfortable in any academic environment.

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