Sports Medicine Interest Group:
The Sports Medicine Interest Group was created in 2005. The goals of this interest group are:
- 1. To educate USUHS students in potential pathways to pursue a career in sports medicine. (Primary Care, Orthopedic, and Rehab Sports Medicine).
- 2. To provide opportunites for USUHS students to gain additional knowledge and practice with musculoskeletal exams.
- 3. To provide USUHS students the opportunity to assist team physicians with game day and athletic training room experiences.
- 4. To provide oppurtunities for USUHS students to gain experience with mass event medical coverage, to include the Marine Corps Marathon and the Army 10-miler.
- 5. To instill the concept of the "soldier-athlete" and the importance of treating our military forces as a team and as athletes.
Interested students should contact LTC Kevin deWeber at kdeweber@usuhs.mil
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Military Sports Medicine Interest Group
The ACSM Military Sports Medicine Interest Group is an informal network of professionals and students who have expertise and/or interest in Sports Medicine and its application to the Warrior Athlete. Examples include medical students, residents, health care providers, physiologists, athletic trainers, warrior athletes, epidemiologists, researchers, etc. Members are encouraged to collaborate in order to solve clinical problems and encourage scholarly activities such as education, medical writing, and research.
Membership in the ACSM is encouraged. Click on the following link for information (http://www.acsm.org)
Member list. If you would like to be listed, or if your contact info needs to be updated, please contact ccummings@usuhs.mil.
Sports Medicine Presentations. Click here for a list of PowerPoint files on multiple Sports Medicine topics. You may use these in your educational activities, but please give acknowledgment to those who created them. View/Download Presentations.
