Sports Medicine Track

Goals

The Goal for the Sports Medicine Track is to provide the opportunity for enhanced instruction in the EM subspecialty of Primary Care Sports Medicine, including:

• To participate in and conduct sports medicine research that will improve the clinical care of our patients and/or educational advancement.
• Possess enhanced expertise in evaluation and management of musculoskeletal medicine and concussion; Including enhanced skills in joint injections, musculoskeletal ultrasound, Tenex, and casting/splinting.
• To extend service and leadership through engagement in activities within professional organizations/sports medicine societies.
• To participate in community engagement by supporting and working with the surrounding sports organizations in the greater Jackson area and beyond.

Requirements/conditions

• Residents can enter the longitudinal sports medicine track as a PGY-2 or PGY-3.
• A resident who opts to participate in the track must not interfere with the ability of the resident to achieve the goals and objectives of the educational program, or fulfill his/her obligations to the training program.
  • Residents on concern status or probation may NOT engage in tracks.
  • Residents must obtain a score of the 50th percentile on the ITE in their PGY-2 year to be accepted and continue into the track. (Conditional acceptance)
  • Track involvement must be counted toward the ACGME duty hours limitations as defined by ACGME, and must not interfere with any residency responsibilities
• The track is for the duration of their residency. Failure to meet benchmarks will require additional clinical/didactic obligations to be imposed by the PD and may result in delayed matriculation.
• Upon completion of the sports medicine track the resident will get a certificate commemorating this achievement at graduation.
• The use of the resident’s elective months should be devoted to sports medicine and/or research to work on research projects as required as a PGY2-4.
• The resident’s attendance at a sports medicine-focused conference is encouraged
• On ER clinical months the resident will get 1 (one) shift deduction to allow them to spend time on their research duties or game coverage
  • Scheduling should be done in a way that allows adequate game coverage without compromising the emergency medicine requirements during these months
• At any time, at the discretion of the PD, if the resident is not fulfilling the requirements and duties of the research track or of clinical/residency duties, the resident will be withdrawn from the sports medicine track.
  • The requirements for each year of training (PGY specific) must be met by the resident. Failure to maintain progress may result in a need to make up time when transferring back to a non-longitudinal track.
• A total of 4 people will be accepted into the track at any given time with no more than 2 residents per PGY year accepted into the track.

Benchmarks

Required

• The resident will meet formally with a director of the program track quarterly to review track progress which includes quality improvement and research projects. This meeting must be documented and included in the resident’s file.
• The resident will submit 1-2 abstracts for presentations at annual meetings (regional and national) by the PGY-3 year.
  • Abstracts do not have to be presented at these meetings
• The resident will participate in at least 50% of Sports medicine didactic sessions
  • 7a-8a morning didactics through HF Detroit.
  • Sports medicine journal club through HF Detroit.
  • Write and present sports medicine focused didactic lectures.
  • Participation in AMSSM online musculoskeletal ultrasound didactics.
• Complete at least 1 sports medicine elective during the track.
• Complete 1 orthopedic rotation.
• The resident will complete a research project prior to graduation.
• The resident will complete an US focused musculoskeletal or similar course.
• The resident will become a member of a national sports medicine committee/division (e.g. ACEP sports medicine section, AMSSM, AOASM, etc.)
• Coverage of Sporting events at the high school, college, and or professional level, as well as mass participation events when applicable. **see index**

Optional

• The resident’s ACGME required research project should be focused towards a sports-medicine topic.
• Participate in a sports medicine conference(s).
• Completion of AMSSM online ECG interoperation module.
• Moonlighting at the orthopedic walk in clinic.
• Complete a healthcare delivery/quality improvement project with a sports medicine focus prior to graduation.

Contacts:

Program Director:
Dr. Hrag Joe Churukian
hchuruk1@hfhs.org

EM Sports Medicine Track Director:
Dr. Hrag Joe Churukian
hchuruk1@hfhs.org

Non-EM Sports Medicine Track Director:
Dr. Joseph Medellin
jmedell1@hfhs.org

Index:

Coverage supervision:

• For all highschool events, an attending must be available remotely for all questions and concerns.
• For all college or professional events, an attending must be present at the event.

Malpractice:

• Coverage is based on the Henry Ford Jackson sports medicine outreach program
• The events sponsored and contracted with Henry Ford provide an extension of the malpractice insurance via Dr. Medellin.
• Coverage outside of Michigan would require the resident to provide malpractice insurance for themselves
• Unless the rotation is an addition to the permanent curriculum, malpractice insurance is required through the resident.