Clinical experience is broad and interdisciplinary, including time in sports medicine, orthopedics, PM&R (regen and MSK ultrasound), musculoskeletal radiology, emergency medicine, sports cardiology, vascular medicine, sports pulmonology, sports physical therapy, sports nutrition, sports psychology, and sports performance. As well as formal training in advanced diagnostic and interventional ultrasound including regenerative medicine and ultrasound-guided surgical procedures. Sports coverage experiences include covering mass participation events and high school, college, professional, and Olympic-level sports teams.

Research opportunities are facilitated through a formal research curriculum, mentorship, and exceptional institutional research infrastructure.

Conferences

A weekly sports medicine conference involving Sports Medicine staff in both Minneapolis and Rochester occurs each Thursday morning via videoconference. The format of this conference is typically case presentations, in which cases are presented and discussed by various Sports Medicine staff, including fellows. You share the responsibility of organizing this weekly conference with the Rochester-based PM&R Sports Medicine fellow and Orthopedic Sports Medicine fellow in Rochester.

An all-staff Sports Medicine Journal Club occurs quarterly. In addition, there is a monthly Sports Medicine Journal Club held by the program director, fellowship faculty, fellow, and rotating PM&R residents. You are responsible for organizing the Sports Medicine Journal Club sessions with the Rochester-based Sports Medicine fellow.

Research

The fellow participates in a research training course for clinicians, which is coordinated through the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) at Mayo Clinic. This is typically scheduled in the fall.

You will have one half day per week of protected research time and are expected to complete at least one research project during your fellowship year.

Call frequency

There is no call schedule, but you are required to participate in sporting event coverage and pre-participation examinations. As implied, many of these activities occur outside of normal working hours. However, in compliance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements, patient care duties, including athletic coverage, will not exceed the 80-hour-a-week limit.