Overview:

The longitudinal sports medicine elective is a one to three-year long elective
experience in sports medicine open to residents in family practice. It is intended for the
resident with a strong interest in sports medicine. The elective is an opportunity to expand
ones knowledge base, experience, and competency in sports medicine. Opportunities will be
available to cover ones own high school. Additional experiences will include game coverage of
collegiate and professional games, sports medicine clinic, and sports medicine conferences.

Arrangements may be made for weekly or every other week experiences throughout the year.
Goals and Objectives: The goal of the sports medicine longitudinal elective is to gain the
knowledge and experience in sports medicine to function as a team physician, pursue a sports
fellowship, or provide sports medicine care for your patients.

Competencies:

Understand the role of the team physician, athletic trainer, physical therapist, coach, and
sub-specialist in the care of athletes.

Gain competency in the approach to common sports related injuries including sprains, strains,
fractures, contusions, nerve injuries, and concussions.

Treatment of medical conditions associated with exercise involving the cardiovascular,
pulmonary, endocrine, genital-urinary, and neurologic systems.

Understanding of gender influenced sports medicine conditions including the female triad, ACL
injuries, stress fractures, and the sports hernia.

Gain knowledge in psychological conditions that commonly affect athletes as well as the role
of sports psychology in performance enhancement and a healthy lifestyle

Understanding of nutrition, supplements, and ergogenic aids as they relate to athletes
Exposure to mass participation events

Gain competency in common sports medicine procedures including casting, splinting, joint
injections, and joint aspirations

Perform thorough ankle, knee, back, and shoulder exam

Requirements*:

Coverage of high school and collegiate games (nights and weekends, seasonally dependent)

Attendance at training room rounds Monday and Wednesday afternoons

Attendance at the CHC Sports Medicine Clinic Tuesday evenings

Coverage of mass participation events including the Bay State Games and the Longsjo Bike Classic

Orthopedic sports medicine exposure

Sports Physical Therapy exposure

Sports Psychology exposure

Attendance at sports medicine conferences and journal club

A sports medicine presentation or research project

*The required components will be spread throughout the year and will be seasonally dependent.

Faculty:

Herb Stevenson, MD
Jay Broadhurst, MD
Nicholas Apostoleris, PhD

Contact:

For more information and scheduling arrangements please contact
Herb Stevenson, MD at 978-665-5877 or email Dr. Stevenson.