The Nathan Smith Adolescent and Sports Medicine Fellowship was started in 1988. It was the first pediatric department-based primary care sports medicine fellowship in the country. In 2000, the fellowship accepted the first family physician to the program. The fellowship program has since been co-directed by faculty in the pediatrics and family medicine departments. Under the direction of Drs. David Bernhardt, Greg Landry, and Kathleen Carr, the University of Wisconsin Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship continues to garner high acclaim both clinically and academically.

Purpose

The fellowship's primary purpose is to train primary care-educated physicians in the field of sports medicine to become academic leaders in the treatment of sports-related problems in children, adolescents and adults. Fellowship training will provide the clinical education necessary to address a wide variety of sports-related health issues and allow the physician to become a teacher and researcher in sports medicine. Training will also lead to certification of added qualification (CAQ) in sports medicine.

Responsibilities

The University of Wisconsin Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship is a two-year program with a clinical emphasis. Clinical work constitutes approximately 60% of the fellow's schedule of activities. The remaining fellowship activities are fairly evenly divided between research (20%) and teaching (20%).

Clinical Activities

• For orthopedic training, the fellow spends three half days in the UW Health Sports Medicine Clinic. In the first year, six months will be spent in primary care faculty clinics with Drs. Bernhardt, Landry, and Carr, and six months will be in orthopedic faculty clinics. Clinic rotations are flexible in both the first and second year to accommodate research interests and clinical interests of the fellow. Examples of interests include radiology, physical therapy, or the spine.
• To fulfill the Sports Medicine Fellowship Accreditation Requirements for primary care, the fellow will spend one half day per week in primary care clinics (i.e., adolescent medicine or family medicine clinics).
• In addition to working in these two clinics, the fellow assists UW Medical Team Physicians in providing the primary care for approximately 900 University of Wisconsin varsity athletes. The fellow is expected to participate in the athletic event coverage rotation and provide athletic training room coverage with the other UW team physicians.
• The fellow serves as a sports medicine consultant to other health care providers in the Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine, as well as other community pediatricians and primary care providers.
• The fellow will have the opportunity to assist in coverage of mass participant events such as the Madison Marathon and Ironman Triathlon, as well as other events as they become available.
• The fellow will assist with coverage of the annual WIAA high school state tournament events.

Teaching

• The fellow is expected to teach medical students and pediatric and family medicine residents, in the clinical setting. This will consist of lectures and informal discussions for medical students and residents on topics chosen by the fellow and the directors of the fellowship. The fellow may also be asked to present lectures to internal medicine residents.
• The fellow may be asked to present topics in a primary care conference in the Department of Pediatrics, one grand rounds for the Department of Pediatrics, one grand rounds for the Department of Family Medicine, and will be asked to present topics to the undergraduate athletic training course "Medical Aspects of Exercise and Sports" every year.
• The fellow will be expected to deliver one or two lectures for the annual UW Sports Medicine Symposium.
• The fellow will attend a weekly sports medicine conference consisting of sports medicine topics, MRI clinical correlation, journal club (monthly) and along with the orthopedic sports medicine fellow, present 45-minute, monthly lectures on sports medicine related topics.
• The fellow may also be asked to give sports medicine related talks to community groups or organizations.

Research

• The fellow will develop, conduct and eventually publish at least one research project in the field of adolescent medicine or sports medicine. The research topics are tailored to the interests of the individual fellow.
• The fellow is expected to publish at least one article per year in a professional journal.
• The fellow may be asked to assist with projects related to exercise physiology performed at the UW Biodynamics Laboratory or at the UW Health Sports Medicine Fitness Center.
• The fellow is encouraged to take a UW-Madison biostatistics course during the fellowship.