Sports Medicine Fellowship Research
Research/Scholarly Activity
Sports medicine fellows are expected to prepare and to submit a case presentation to the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and/or the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting. This is an excellent way to get exposed to preparing a case presentation and also for presenting at a major meeting. In addition, the fellow prepares a CME talk on an orthopedic/sports medicine topic for the annual Conference on the Beach. In addition, workshops on injections or physical exam are incorporated into this CME presentation.
For those candidates who are keenly interested in developing their own research project, we encourage an early literature review and consideration of the research question in the first few months of the fellowship. The faculty is familiar with this process, and we are happy to meet with you and assist in honing the research question, preparing the literature review and also developing appropriate methodology. Dr .Terrell has an ongoing project on the "genetic risk factors for concussion" that has obtained prior research funding and support. He has published an article in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine that is attached, and presented his work at two prior AMSSM national meetings. The current project is a large multi-center prospective cohort study that seeks to determine if genotype increases the risk of concussion, a more severe concussion, and poorer neurocognitive recovery.
The fellow is encouraged to participate in the ongoing concussion study or to develop a spin off study using the current large database. In addition, opportunities to write case studies or assist with scholarly articles for publication (e.g. FPIN series for the American Family Physician) are available to interested candidates. A short series of basic research lectures is provided to compliment the required AMSSM Sports medicine fellowship research conference that occurs in the summer.
We welcome further questions and discussion from applicants about the scholarly/research component of the fellowship. In sum, although a full-fledged research project is not required for graduation, the option to participate in research is certainly encouraged and readily available. The submission of a case study to a major meeting is the only major requirement.
Dr. Terrell directs this portion of the program, so feel free to contact him at
thomas.terrell@halifax.org.
Dr. Terrell's Publications and PresentationsDr. Terrell on "Genetic Risk Factors for Concussion in Athletes"
