Sports Medicine Track

Purpose:

To prepare Family Medicine residents for fellowship training in Sports Medicine through a dedicated longitudinal experience covering the breadth of Primary Care Sports Medicine.

Director:

Dr. Jonathan Stoddard, MD, CAQSM
Sports Medicine Faculty Physician
Team Physician for Schoolcraft College and Livonia Public Schools

Partner:

TrinityElite Sports Performance
Physical Therapy and Athletic Training staff

Sports Medicine Experiences:

• Event Coverage:

  • Live game coverage
    • Collegiate: Schoolcraft College Athletics
    • High School: Livonia Public Schools Athletics
      • Churchill High School
      • Stevenson High School
      • Franklin High School
    • Primary sports covered: Football, Hockey, Lacrosse
      • Additional sports available if interested: Basketball, Soccer, Track and Field, Volleyball, Baseball, Softball, and more
  • Preparticipation Exams
    • Yearly sports physical events at all 4 schools screening athletes for safe participation in sport
  • Heart Healthy Cardiac Screening
    • Yearly event held in partnership with Schoolcraft College and TrinityElite providing cardiac screening, including ECGs, for local high school athletes

• Clinical:

  • Sports Medicine Rotation
    • In-house Sports Medicine Rotation with Dr. Stoddard
      • Treat Sports Medicine patients in our clinic with Dr. Stoddard
      • Work with sports physical therapists and athletic trainers at TrinityElite
      • Cover live sporting events
  • Audition Rotations
    • Scheduled rotations with Sports Medicine Fellowship programs early in PGY-3 to facilitate applications and interviews
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
    • MSK ultrasound training sessions with Dr. Stoddard practicing diagnostic ultrasound, procedural techniques, and reviewing case studies
  • Osteopathic Manipulative treatment (OMT)
    • Interested residents will have the option to practice OMT with Dr. Anjali Nagar, DO.

• Academic:

  • American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Annual Meeting
    • National level meeting for Sports Medicine physicians
    • Track participants will author and present a case report during PGY-2 and PGY-3 year
    • May attend PGY-1 year if schedule permits
  • TrinityElite Sports Medicine Symposium
    • Yearly event featuring collaboration between Sports Medicine, Orthopedics, Physical Therapy, Athletic Training, Sports Nutrition, and Sports Psychology to discuss high-yield topics and provide continuing medical education for all participants.
  • Trinity Health Sports Medicine Journal Club
    • Held monthly via virtual meeting with Sports Medicine faculty, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and interested residents across Southeastern Michigan covering the AMSSM top-rated publications for the year
  • Pediatric Division Grand Rounds
    • Quarterly Sports Medicine topics presented during the Pediatric Division grand rounds by Trinity Health Sports Medicine Physicians
  • Family Medicine Residency Didactics
    • Monthly Sports Medicine topics presented by Dr. Stoddard during regular program didactics sessions

Track Prerequisites:

• Must be in good standing with the program and meet all standards
• Must demonstrate strong interest in Sports Medicine
• Must plan to apply for fellowship

Timeline:

• PGY-1
  • Participate in Sports Medicine opportunities as schedule permits
  • Express interest in Sports Medicine and track
  • Request to participate in track at end of year if interested and meeting all prerequisites
• PGY-2
  • Participate in all Sports Medicine opportunities above as required and scheduled
  • May attend extra event coverage as desired to boost application
  • Start planning and scheduling audition rotations with program coordinator
  • Start prepping fellowship application
• PGY-3
  • Complete audition rotations
  • Apply for fellowship and interview
  • Participate in the fellowship match
  • Continue participating in all Sports Medicine opportunities as required and scheduled.
• Graduate and start fellowship!