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General
Governing Bodies
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine (AOASM)
- American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
Fellowships
- List of Fellowships
Match Statistics
- 2020 Sports Medicine Match Statistics
- Matched applicants 79.9% (329/412), Programs Filled 97.6% (202/207)
- Note: I believe this was the first combined match, hence the big jump in numbers
- 2019 Sports Medicine Match Statistics
- Matched applicants 76.3% (287/376), Programs Filled 94.7% (180/190)
- 2018 Sports Medicine Match Statistics
- Matched applicants 75.7% (283/374), Programs Filled 96.3% (181/188)
For Students
- Read More: https://www.sportsmedreview.com/for-students
Useful Student Resources
- AMSSM Student Section (very good resource for students and has a great FAQ portion.)
- ACSM Position Stands (these positions form basis for some board exam questions)
- ERAS FAQ section for fellowship
- ERAS FAQ section for residency
- PDF version of ERAS Fellowship Application (get an idea of how to start building your CV/application)
For Residents
Building a Resume During Residency
- Do an elective rotation in sports medicine
- Longitudinal coverage of a high school team
- Medical coverage in a mass participation event
- Attend a sports medicine conference
- Present a poster at a conference
- Present a journal club or lecture for your residency program
- Work on a scholarly project
- Find a mentor
- Get in a Sports Medicine Track
Picking Fellowships to Apply To
- Do you or your residency have a relationship with the program?
- What region of the country do you want to be in?
- How much team coverage is there?
- What are your future career goals?
- Has the program ever matched someone from your specialty?
- Which sports are you interested in?
Timeline For Residents
- PGY1
- Join the AMSSM, ACSM, AOASM, other SM interests groups
- Reach out to local SM physicians
- Reach out to athletic trainers for coverage opportunities
- Look for event coverage opportunities
- Keep a log of interesting cases in sports medicine
- If your program does not have a sports medicine elective, start investigating where you can do one
- PGY2
- Setup elective for late 2nd year/ early 3rd year
- Attend AMSSM, ACSM, AOASM annual meetings
- Identify attendings who can write you a letter of recommendation
- Begin working on your CV, personal statement
- Register in ERAS (June)
- PGY3
- Submit ERAS application on time, apply to individual programs (July)
- Summer and Fall elective rotations
- Attend interviews (September - November)
- Rank list due (December)
- Match! (January)
- Prepare for fellowship (January - June)
Specialty Specific Advice
- Recommend you review match statistics to see how your specialty does in the match year-to-year
- Recommend you ensure each program you are applying to accepts your specialty
- This can easily be done on our fellowship page
Family Medicine
- Nearly all programs accept family medicine
- Governing bodies
Emergency Medicine
- There are approximately a dozen EM based programs
- More than half of programs accept emergency medicine applicants
- EMRA guide for application to SM match
- Note written by EM community but applies to everyone
- Governing Bodies
- Other Links
- http://emsportsmedicine.com/index.html
- View ICASM page
Internal Medicine
- More than 115 programs accept internal medicine
- Governing Bodies
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- There are at least 22 PM&R based programs
- Nearly 100 programs accept PM&R applicants
- Governing Bodies
Medicine-Pediatrics
- More than 40 programs advertise they accept medicine pediatrics
- Likely many more due to number that accept both medicine and/or pediatrics
Additional Resources
- Read more on Sports Medicine Review - For Residents
- Applying to fellowship (very similar to applying to residency)
- General Resources
- AMSSM Roadmap (2014): Good resource going over the application process and plan for years of residency
- AMSSM Resident page: Great FAQ section and also link for AMSSM Resident Scholarship Application
- ERAS FAQ section for fellowship: Good resource for the application process
- PDF Version of ERAS Application: Layout of the application and find ways to build your CV/application as a resident
- PDF/tips for PMR Residents: Specifically for PMR Applicants to fellowship
For Fellows
- Read More: https://www.sportsmedreview.com/for-fellows
Preparing for Fellowship
- Ask your fellowship director about:
- Program requirements
- Licensure/hospital privileges
- Preparation tips
- Required reading and book suggestions (see below)
- Suggestions on housing location
- Contact numbers and email for other faculty, staff, and co-fellow/s (if applicable)
- Ultrasound training during fellowship and any recommended preparation
- Consider taking a beginner-level ultrasound course (this may be provided if your fellowship attends the AMSSM Fellows conference in late July)
- We recommend reaching out to current fellows if possible
- They can help you avoid a lot of pitfalls and provide some pearls
- Clinical resources: Notes, templates, EMR, etc
- Contact information for teams, coaches and athletic trainers
- Housing and living resources
- Activities outside of fellowship (gyms, recreation, restaurants)
- Contact future co-fellows to discuss:
- Discuss residency to fellowship transition
- Fellowship team sharing/assignments
- Expectations/priorities for fellowship training
- Prior experience
- Personal career goals
Surviving Fellowship
- Detailed discussion: Sports Medicine Review - For Residents
- General suggestions
- Expect to be busy, especially during football season
- If covering multiple teams, work with co-fellows and attendings to figure out coverage ASAP
- Get to know your athletic trainers they are your best resource
- Get comfortable with MSKUS if you aren't already
- Start thinking about your scholarly activity early
- Fellowship is typically "slower" in late winter and spring giving time for board prep and job search
Job Searching
- A wise department chair once told me finding a job was like a 3-legged stool.
- You can choose where you live, choose where you work and choose how much you make but you can't choose all three.
- The two you do pick will dictate the third. -John
- Considerations
- Academic vs private?
- Do you want sports only or also primary specialty?
- Where do you want to live?
- Online resources
Preparing for CAQSM
- Breakdown of content from AAFP: click here
- Printed Board Review Books
- AMSSM CAQSM Study Guide (Has 400 questions, probably best printed resource)
- ACSM CAQSM Study Guide
- Sports Medicine Study Guide (bulleted review of pathology)
- Online Question Bank
- Sports Medicine Review Question Bank
- Written by CAQSM-boarded faculty, all questions are high quality
- Board Vitals does have a CAQSM review bank
- Although it is an option, the questions are low quality and were not helpful for board review
- Sports Medicine Review Question Bank
Additional Resources
- Templates for Fellowship (google documents, make a copy for your use)
- Opportunities to get involved
- Fellow-specific Resources
For Attendings
- Needs to be updated
Job Hunting
- Sports Medicine Online resources
- General
- Indeed.com]
- Practicelink.com
- ZipRecruiter.com
- Glassdoor.com
- MDsearch.com
- DocCafe.com
- Linkedin.com
Scholarship
- Scholarship comes in many forms, which is roughly summarized below.
Writing
- Writing is something that comes naturally for some and is challenging for others
- Writing academically oriented papers is a little less difficult because it is often more scientifically oriented and less prose
- Don't be intimidated!
- Find a mentor to help you pick a topic, target publication and audience
- You can write for a:
- Blog
- Magazine
- Journal
- News Publication
- Blog
- https://www.sportsmedreview.com
- Please add others
- Magazine
- Consider 'Sideline Report' by AMSSM
- Currently, unaware of any other sports medicine magazines
- Journals: See below
- News
- At your discretion and area of interest
Teaching
- Teaching comes in many forms
- Clinical or bedside teaching
- Didactic teaching
- Simulation
- One can teach medical students, residents, fellows, attendings
- Don't forget about other healthcare professionals including medics, advanced practice providers, nurses, etc
Presenting
- Presenting a case, idea, research or some other scholarship is always an opportunity
- Don't forget about
- Institutional/ university research day
- Regional conferences
- National conferences
Research
- Research intimidates a lot of folks
- Applying for an NIH grant is not necessary to do research
- If you have an idea or question, ask your research folks about how viable it is
- If you have access to a medical librarian, consider asking them to help you do a literature review
Other
- Online activities
- Highly variable, and academic value can be difficult to quantify
- Event Coverage
- This isn't scholarship in the classic sense, but in sports medicine, it matters!
- Find an opportunity to help cover a high school or college team
Books
- A curated list of sports medicine textbooks can be found here: https://www.sportsmedreview.com/books/
Podcasts
- The Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Podcast
- British Journal of Sports Medicine Podcast
- AMSSM Podcasts
- Pediatric Sports Medicine Podcast
- Healthy Young Athlete Podcast
- ACSM - Sports Medicine Checkup
Journals
- Current Sports Medicine Reports
- The Physician and Sports Medicine
- American Journal of Sports Medicine
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
- Journal of Sport Management
- Journal of Sports Sciences
- European Sport Management Quarterly
- International Journal of Sports Medicine
- European Journal of Sport Science
- Research in Sports Medicine
- Clinics in Sports Medicine
- Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine
- Journal of Orthopedic Research
- Journal of Musculoskeletal Disorders & Treatment
- Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
- Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
- Muscles, Ligaments, and Tendons Journal
- Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review
- Orthopedic Reviews
- Musculoskeletal Care
- Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
- Orthopedic Research and Reviews
- Journal of Musculoskeletal Research
- Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Current Orthopaedic Practice
- Orthopedics
Created by:
John Kiel on 1 February 2020 19:47:27
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