Educational curriculum

A well-defined educational curriculum has been established for the PM&R Sports Medicine Fellowship, including learning objectives, journal clubs, weekly educational conferences, didactic board review discussion series, monthly fracture review, and dedicated radiology review sessions.

The fellowship also includes formal training in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound and extracorporeal shockwave therapy. Fellows complete reading assignments, participate in weekly hands-on instruction, and attend teaching sessions at the Mayo Clinic Clinical Anatomy Lab. You continually acquire additional ultrasound and extracorporeal shockwave therapy skills by participating in daily patient care activities in both Sports Medicine and the Musculoskeletal Clinic.

As a fellow, you have full access to the Mayo Medical Libraries, including more than 4,000 electronic journals with sophisticated literature search capabilities and vast research support.

Research training

You may participate 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. Throughout the year, fellows are also encouraged to attend Mayo Clinic workshops on manuscript and grant writing.

Evaluation

During the PM&R Sports Medicine Fellowship, your program directors and all attendings with whom you rotate provide a quarterly review of your performance. A final year-end review also is completed. 

Call frequency

There is no call schedule or inpatient requirement, 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 requirements, patient care duties, including athletic coverage, will not exceed the 80-hour-a-week limit, and you have at least 24 hours each week free from patient care duties.