Sports Medicine Selective. 4 Credit Hours

Catalog description

Students are assigned to the Sports Medicine Service. Students are required to participate in the knee rehabilitation clinic, weekly training-room visits, and attend surgeries. Introduction to the diagnosis and treatment of joint instability as well as care of the athlete will be made. Students are required to attend core lectures in basic orthopaedics by faculty. A brief review paper on a sports subject related to the student's chosen field of study, researched and submitted in rough draft, is required. Reading material includes excerpts from Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care. No late drops.