2008 AMSSM Sports Medicine Fellows Research Workshop
The 2008 AMSSM Sports Medicine Fellow's Research Workshop and Sports Trauma and Event Management Course were held in Philadelphia in August. A record, ninety-one sports medicine fellows from the United States, Canada and Ireland attended the twelfth annual conference.
On the first day, the fellows participated in the half-day Sports Trauma and Event Management Course which included lectures and hands-on practice for sideline sports injury assessment and treatment. Dr. Aaron Rubin from Kaiser Permanente in Fontana, California served as the Course Director for the Sports Trauma and Event Management Course. The Research Workshop consisted of one full day and two half-days of lectures and small group learning activities related to developing, conducting, presenting and publishing a research project. The small groups, guided by a conference faculty member, each developed and in addition to the educational activities, the fellows had a chance to get to know each other during social events held throughout the weekend.
Dr. Webner, the Conference Director and Associate Director of the Crozer-Keystone Sports Medicine Fellowship stated,
With help of the AMSSM and a generous unrestricted educational grant from Genzyme, we were able to significantly reduce the conference registration fee, enabling more fellows to participate. Due to the large numbers of fellows attending, the education and exchange of ideas was very positive. Our main goal is to get the fellows excited and engaged in sports medicine research. We look forward to another successful workshop next year, with even more programs participating, in the hopes of solidifying research interests in the field of sports medicine.
The conference faculty included Marc Harwood, MD; Suzanne Hecht, MD; Dave Jenkinson, DO; Robert Kiningham, MD; Stephen Rice, MD, PhD, MPH; Aaron Rubin, MD and David Webner, MD.
The faculty would like to acknowledge the support of Dr. Robert Dimeff, AMSSM President and also Dr. Jonathan Drezner, Chairperson of the AMSSM Research Committee.
