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Sports Medicine About the rotation The Sports Medicine rotation provides an overview of the prevention and treatment of sports related injuries involving both professional and recreational athletes. The UW Sports Medicine Clinic, integrally situated within the athletic training complex and stadium, provides state-of-the-art care to UW's 700 varsity student athletes. As a referral center for the University and greater Seattle community, it functions as the only academic sports medicine program in the northwest. This third-year rotation is under the supervision of Trey Green III, M.D. who along with Roger Larson, M.D.; Nancy Kadel, M.D.; Carol Tietz, M.D.; Christopher Wahl, M.D.; and John O’Kane, M.D. comprise the core physicians working with the University of Washington athletic programs as well as surrounding area high schools. The faculty is board certified and fellowship trained. These faculty help residents achieve expertise in preoperative indications and planning, and performance of procedures involving the injured athlete. This rotation emphasizes knee, shoulder, hip and elbow arthroscopy, as well as ligament reconstruction and cartilage restoration. Residents spend two days in clinic, two days in the operating room, and one day a week on research. They also share emergency call with fellow residents rotating at the University of Washington Medical Center. Goals & objectives Although exposed to sports medicine throughout the program, residents in their third year devote twelve weeks exclusively to this subspecialty. Here they acquire skills necessary to evaluate and treat injured athletes at a level appropriate for a general orthopaedist. During this rotation, emphasis is placed on managing both inpatient and outpatient orthopaedic issues related to sports medicine. Residents present the salient points of the week's cases at conferences, and participate in teaching medical students the basics of evaluating and examining sports medicine patients. |
