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| For much of its history, allopathic medicine has placed relatively little emphasis on pain control and non-operative musculoskeletal conditions. The Department of Family & Community Medicine recognizes the need for academic and clinical programs in primary care musculoskeletal medicine. Thus, we have established co-operative arrangements and dually accredited programs in osteopathic medicine and have established two Sports Medicine Fellowship Programs. The Southern Illinois University Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship Program in Quincy was established in August of 2004. The program is open to any physician who has successfully graduated from a family medicine, pediatric, internal medicine or emergency medicine residency. The one-year fellowship fo-cuses on the musculoskeletal conditions and non-surgical rehabilitation of these conditions. In addition to this, fellows are exposed to various medical conditions associated with sports (e.g., concussion, exercise-induced asthma). The program is housed in Blessing Hospital’s Body Motion Center and the program is multi-disciplinary in nature. The fellow also spends time with University of Missouri-Columbia team physician and attends subspecialty clinics in Springfield with the Department of Orthopedics, the Division of Rheumatology, and the Department of Internal Medicine. More information about the fellowship can be obtained from Linda Savage, the sports medicine fellowship coordinator, at 217-224-9484, ext. 5772. The Carbondale Sports Medicine Fellowship is a twelve-month program that trains physicians to provide care to physically active people of all ages. Education is provided by the family medicine sports medicine fac-ulty, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons, sports physical therapists, and staff from SIU-C with expertise in nutrition, strength training, and sports psychology. Experiences focus on the evaluation, treatment, rehabilita-tion, and prevention of activity-related injuries as well as non-musculoskeletal conditions which decrease the effectiveness of the exercising individual. Fellows gain experience at the university, community college, and high school levels, and a multitude of sideline experiences in many different sports and recreational events, functioning as team physicians, covering mass events, and managing medical and orthopedic conditions aris-ing from activity. More information is available at 618-536-6621. |
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