SPORTS MEDICINE ROTATION EVALUATION

 

PLEASE COMPLETE THE ROTATION EVALUATION FORM FOR YOUR SPORTS MEDICINE ROTATION. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS ROTATION ARE: The resident will become familiar with the common sports injuries, both acute and chronic.  Learn the diagnosis and management of these injuries with emphasis on the use of arthroscopy.  An appreciation of conditioning as a means for preventing injury and understand the physical demands of sports and the implication of these demands on injury patterns.  The special problem of the upper extremity in overhead sports will be addressed.  Learn the intense rehabilitation that is needed to return an athlete to competitive sport.  The reaction between the patient, the coach, and the patient’s family will be observed during on-field evaluations at high school and/or college games. 

References:  Delee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, OKU:  Sports Medicine, Fu’s Knee Surgery, Insall’s Knee, Rockwod’s The Shoulder, McGinty’s Arthroscopy. 

 

WITH THESE OBJECTIVES IN MIND, COMPLETE THE EVALUATION BELOW.                           DATE:__________

 

                                                                                                                               

1.             LOCATION OF ROTATION: SB UNIV. HOSP.______     NUMC _______           START DATE:__________          

VAMC ______  WINTHROP ______

 

2.             ARE YOU PROFICIENT AT TAKING HISTORY IN THE PATIENT WITH A SPORTS RELATED ORTHOPAEDIC INJURY?  YES ___ NO___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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3.             ARE YOU ABLE TO EXAMINE ALL EXTREMITY JOINTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC SPORTS INJURIES?  YES ___ NO  ___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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4.             HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE COMMON PROBLEMS SEEN IN SPORTS MEDICINE PATIENTS (INCLUDING OVERHEAD THROWING INJURIES)? 

YES ___ NO ___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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5.             ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH COMMUNICATING WITH ATHLETES, PARENTS, AND COACHES AND DOING ON FIELD EVALUATIONS?  YES ___ NO ___

 

6.             ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE PRE-OPERATIVE EVALUATION OF THE SPORTS MEDICINE PATIENT?  YES ___ NO ___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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7.             HAVE YOU HAD ADEQUATE EXPOSURE TO THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES USED IN SPORTS MEDICINE?  (INCLUDING ARTHROSCOPIC SKILLS)YES ___ NO ___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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8.             CAN YOU MANAGE THE SPORTS PATIENT POST-OPERATIVELY?  YES ___ NO ___

IF YES PUT AN “X” IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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9.             DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PAIN SCALE AND THE NEWER APPROACHES TO PAIN MANAGEMENT?  

YES ___ NO ___

 

10.           DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PRESCRIBE THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM NEEDED TO RETURN A PATIENT TO COMPETITIVE SPORTS?  YES___ NO___

 

 

 

11.           WHAT ARTHROSCOPIC AND POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS HAVE YOU SEEN?

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                11A.  HAVE YOU LEARNED TO MANAGE THESE COMPLICATIONS?  YES___ NO___

 

12.           HAVE YOU USED THE RECOMMENDED REFERENCES?  YES ___ NO ___

 

                12A.  WERE THEY HELPFUL?  YES___ NO___

 

                12B.  DO YOU RECOMMEND ANY DIFFERENT REFERENCES?  YES___ NO___

                IF YES, TITLE:_____________________________________________________________________________________

 

13.           DID YOU GET TO CLINIC/OFFICE HOURS WHILE ON THE ROTATION?  YES ___ NO ____

 

14.           DID YOU GET TO CONFERENCES WHILE ON THE SERVICE?  YES___ NO___

 

15.           DID YOU ASSIST WITH THE ELECTIVE CASES WHILE ON THE SERVICE?  YES___ NO___

 

16.           COMMENTS:

 

 

FACULTY ASSESSMENT

1.             RATE THE TEACHING FACULTY’S OVERALL PERFORMANCE WHILE ON THE SPORTS MEDICINE ROTATION.

PLACE CHECK IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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2.             RATE THE FACULTY’S ABILITY AND MOTIVATION TO TEACH THE PRINCIPLES OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY.

PLACE CHECK IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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3.             RATE THE WILLINGNESS AND AVAILABILITY OF THE FACULTY TO DISCUSS ISSUES OF CLINICAL CARE.

PLACE CHECK IN THE BOX WITH THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER.

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4.             DID THIS ATTENDING INCREASE THE RESIDENT’S LEVEL OF CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITY AS THE ROTATION PROGRESSED?  YES___ NO___

 

5.             DID THE FACULTY PARTICIPATE IN ACADEMIC FUNCTIONS AND/OR RESEARCH WORK OF THE RESIDENTS?  YES___ NO___

 

6.             STATE YOUR PGY LEVEL:__________