The clinical practice setting is the foundation of this fellowship. Musculoskeletal injuries, both acute and overuse, sports injuries, human performance and rehabilitation, and medical issues related to sports, share the major emphasis. The sports medicine fellow sees patients that are representative of all age groups, gender, and level of experience in sporting/exercise interests or activities in the Sports Medicine Center.
The curriculum is designed to meet all ACGME requirements for Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowships. Curriculum activities include:
- Annual Salary: $64,088
- Direct pre-participation physicals on site at nine local high schools
- Direct pre-participation physicals with ECG screening at Lander University and Erskine College
- One half-day per week with either Orthopedic faculty attending in clinic or operating room or Spine Center Specialists (PM&R or Neurosurgery)
- One half-day continuity experience at their primary specialty location
- Primary care Sports Medicine Center 7-8 half days per week
- College/university and high school weekly training room and event coverage
- Mass participation event coverage
- Sports nutrition, biomechanics, exercise physiology didactics through Lander University faculty
- Neuropsychology and concussion management
- Three half days per year human anatomy musculoskeletal dissections
- Fellow averages 400–500 ultrasound-guided injections per year in clinic
- One hour per week imaging lectures and patient reviews with MSK radiologist
- 10 days per year High Andes Peru with intense procedural experience
- Two nights per year of PADI SCUBA instruction course
- Division II football sideline experience – Erskine College
- Pre and intra-fellowship in-training exam for CAQ preparation
- 25 hours direct ultrasound didactic and hands-on education
- 25 hours direct fracture management education
- Annual AMSSM conference
- Case presentation journal club/ethics with upstate fellowships
- Bimonthly journal club with our FM residents who are on the SM track
- One-half day Admin time per week
- Sideline Emergency Course prior to football season
- Sports Psychology curriculum
- Exercise is Medicine curriculum
- Hands-on experience with PRP and TenJet
- Requirement of minimum of one Academic Activity per year (QI, research, case presentation)
