Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
The Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation sponsor an one year ACGME-Accredited Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. The program holds clinics at OHSU Family Medicine at Gabriel Park, the OHSU Human Performance Lab on Marquam Hill, and Orthopaedics at the Center for Health & Healing.
Established in 2009, the program exposes fellows to a comprehensive clinical experience and curriculum in evaluating, managing, and treating sports medicine conditions for professional, collegiate, and high school athletes, as well as recreationalists, children, and senior athletes. The OHSU Sports Medicine program has deep roots in the Portland community. Faculty and fellows have been functioning as team doctors for Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College, and several area high schools. Fellows and faculty also serve as medical advisors to the Shamrock Half Marathon, Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, and many other sports events.
Fellowship graduates will be qualified and expected to sit for the Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) examination under the American Board of Family Medicine.
As of academic year 2015-16, 12 fellows have completed the program with a 100 percent first-time board pass rate.
History
The fellowship was founded in 2009 by Charles Webb, DO, and is hosted by the OHSU Family Medicine residency program under the direction of Roger Garvin, MD. Trainees come from family medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics.
Curriculum
The curriculum is designed to meet all the ACGME requirements for Primary Care Sports Medicine. Curriculum activities include:
- One half-day/shift of continuity care in the fellow's primary specialty
- Sports Medicine clinic both at Family Medicine and Orthopaedic clinics.
- Sports Orthopaedic clinics within the OHSU Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
- One half-day per week in the OHSU Human Performance Lab supervising exercise treadmill tests, VO2 max testing, and muscular myopathy evaluation
- Mass participation event coverage, university, and high-school training room coverage
- Dedicated hands-on and didactic musculoskeletal ultrasound curriculum throughout the year
- One half-day per week dedicated to didactics
- One half-day per week dedicated to research, reading, and administrative time
Application requirements
Applicants must have completed a family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, or emergency medicine residency program prior to fellowship. At this time we do not accept residents from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation programs. Applicants must also be able to obtain an Oregon Medical License. Applications will be accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). The ERAS system opens for applications July 1st, 2016. Our deadline for applications is 10/31/2016. Once all application materials are received, chosen applicants will be contacted about interviewing process and dates.
We do accept residents on a first come first serve basis for visiting rotations. Please contact Christina Capobianco for more information.
Our fellowship participates in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Specialty Match process. Applicants must register with the NRMP. There are deadlines and a registration fee. Please visit www.nrmp.org for more information.