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Fellowships and
Faculty Development
Sports Medicine
Fellowship
Objectives
To equip fellows with the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes to care for those engaged in
sports and exercise at an expert level while maintaining and
building on primary care abilities.
- Development of the clinical
competencies to diagnose and manage medical illnesses and
injuries related to sports and exercise
- Developing a framework and
skill set for future research
- Equipping learners to
successfully complete the Certificate of Added
Qualifications in Sports Medicine
- Developing an expertise to
become a community resource and leader
- Acquiring the skills to
become a national leader in Sports Medicine
| Clinical
Experience |
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- Injury prevention
- Preparticipation
evaluation
- Management of acute
sports injury
- Management of chronic
illness or injury, and rehabilitation
- Functioning as a team
physician/event coverage
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- Promotion of physical
fitness and wellness
- Physical therapy
modalities
- Mass participation
events
- Exposure to surgical
pathology and anatomy
- Consultation billing
and coding
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| Didactics |
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- Physiology and
biomechanics
- Healing and injury
repair
- Joint exams and
anatomy
- Medical aspects of
specific sports
- Joint injection and
aspiration
- Fracture care
- Principles of
rehabilitation
- Medical and legal
aspects of sports
- Ethical principles
- Drugs and ergogenic
aids
- Sprains and strains
- Pediatric injuries
- Psychology of
performance and competition
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- Therapeutic
modalities
- Complementary and
alternative sports medicine
- Nutrition
- Imaging techniques in
sports medicine
- Strength and
conditioning
- Pediatric
strength/conditioning
- Exercise in the heat
and cold
- Developmental
musculoskeletal medicine
- Effects of systemic
disease on exercise
- Emergency evaluation
on the field
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| Educational
Activities |
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- Sports medicine grand
rounds presentations
- Journal club
- Sports medicine
discussion group
- Educational
presentations for the community
- Educational
presentations through the NCAA
- Teaching medical
students and residents
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- Presentation at
national sports medicine meeting
- Research project
- Book review
opportunities
- Journal articles for
various sports medicine publications
- Textbook chapters for
new sports medicine publications
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