Sports Medicine Curriculum
Fellows will start on July 1st and graduate June 30th. Our fellowship is tailored to help the fellow meet individual goals.
Below is an example of the fellow's weekday work schedule and a descriptive summary of scheduled rotations. Each fellow's educational experience is personalized to provide the type of work the individual fellow seeks, thus not every item possible is covered, but must satisfy the RRC guidelines.
 
Representative Schedule
  Monday Tuesday Wednsday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
AM Continuity Clinic Ortho / Elective / Anatomy Ortho / Elective / Anatomy Precepting FHC Sports Medicine Clinic Event Coverage Event Coverage
NOON   Quarterly Workshop given to Medical Students Monthly Lecture given to Residency   Weekly Teleconferences & Radiology Rounds    
PM CCC Sports Medicine Clinic Ortho / Elective / Anatomy FHC Sports Medicine Clinic CCC Sports Medicine Clinic Research / CAQ Review / Admin Event Coverage Event Coverage
EVENING   USF Training Room          
 
Orthopedics/Electives
During Orthopedics/Electives fellows rotate with community-based sports medicine fellowship trained orthopedic surgeons who are also team physicians in the community. Fellows typically see patients in an outpatient setting but opportunities exist for surgical assisting on orthopedic cases. Fellows may also rotate with orthopedic subspecialties (hand, spine, foot/ankle surgery), physical medicine & rehabilitation, emergency medicine, physical therapy, radiology, cardiology, exercise physiology, dermatology, and podiatry during this time.
 
Anatomy Dissection
During the first 6 weeks of the fellowship, fellows review musculoskeletal anatomy via cadaver dissection at the University of South Florida gross anatomy lab. Fellows have the opportunity to teach medical students.
 
Team Physician Responsibilities
The main team physician experience for the fellows is at the fellows spend one day per week each at the USF Athletics Training Room to evaluate the acute medical needs of and provide continuity of care to the USF athletes.
 
Administrative/Research/CAQ Review
One half day per week is devoted to working on individual longitudinal research projects. Formal review sessions begin in January, in preparation for the CAQ examination.
 
Sports Medicine Clinics
Fellows staff Sports Medicine clinics both at the Center for Sports Medicine in the Bayfront Family Health Center and at the Bayfront Convenient Care Clinics providing both medical and musculoskeletal care. A total of four half-days per week is devoted to this educational experienceFellows also provide medical care in training room clinics, at mass events, with their sports teams, and provide preparticipation physical exams at various schools. Fellows participate in exercise physiology research and education at the USF and may rotate with physicians at USF School of Medicine.
 
Mass Event Coverage
Fellows provide medical coverage for three sprint triathlons in conjunction with Florida Race Place Promotions. Fellows are responsible for coordinating medical care with ancillary support staff such as EMS and Lifeguards and encounter a variety of conditions such as heat illness, overuse injury and minor skin abrasions. Also, fellows provide medical coverage for the annual Susan G. Komen 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk.
 
Research
One research project suitable for publication is required of each fellow to be completed within the year. Scholarly work can include randomized controlled trials, review articles, case presentations, book chapters, monographs, etc.
 
Radiology & Teleconferences
Fellows meet with radiologists (fellowship-trained in MSK radiology) to review radiographic and MRI imaging. Case presentations and teaching files may be used. Additionally, primary care sports medicine physicians at Bayfront and USF teleconference to discuss various sports medicine topics in a grand rounds fashion.
 
Teaching Opportunities
Fellows participate in teaching family medicine residents and rotating medical students during sports medicine clinic and game coverage. In addition to giving monthly sports medicine conferences to the residents, fellows participate in teaching didactics in joint injections, exercise stress testing, and casting/splinting. Fellows teach 4th year USF medical students in their Skin-&-Bones clerkship as well as assist a musculoskeletal examination workshop for 3rd year USF medical students on their Family Medicine clerkship.
 
In-Training Examinations
Fellows take the AMSSM In-Training Examination mid-year, administered by the fellowship program, to assess their progress in preparation for the year-end CAQ examination.
 
Primary Specialty Continuity
ACGME requires that fellows continue to provide patient care within their primary specialty. Fellows may see patients in the Bayfront Family Health Center or Bayfront Medical Center. Fellows will also have responsibilities as clinical preceptors for the Bayfront Family Medicine Residency Program.
 
Sports Medicine Related Education and Duties 80%
Scholarly Activity 10%
Primary Specialty Continuity 10%

 

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