Pediatric Sports Medicine Elective
We offer a 4-week pediatric subspecialty elective in sports medicine to 4th year medical students.
Objectives
- Gain an understanding of on-the-field evaluation of injuries
- Introduce students to the office and clinical evaluation of sports-related problems in athletes
- Gain an understanding of rehabilitation and physical therapy principles related to caring for athletes
Description
- Spend time in our sports medicine center evaluating patients with sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, nurse practitioners and athletic trainers
- Gain experience in performing pre-participation sports physical exams
- Gain experience in the use of rehabilitation and physical therapy with the athletic trainers and physical therapists at our sports medicine center
- Work directly with respective physicians for coverage of athletic events
- Obtain exposure to other sports medicine considerations, including prevention of illness and injury, cardiology in sports, drugs in sports, sports biomechanics, and sports radiology
- Prepare a 10-15 minute presentation on a unique patient or an update on one of the reading list articles provided
- Have the option to explore other interests such as sports nutrition, sports vision, taping procedures, etc., from available resources at our sports medicine center
- Night call/special requirements: None
