Dallas Sports Medicine Track Residency

Methodist Health System Family Medicine Residency Program

Sports Medicine Injury This Sports Medicine track is available to a maximum of two residents per year matching into our program.

The goals of the Sports Medicine track are:

To provide the resident with the skills and knowledge needed to become competent and proficient when caring for musculoskeletal injuries in their practice
To gain experience in procedures such as casting and splinting, joint injections and exercise stress testing
To prepare the resident for a future sports medicine fellowship position

The first-year sports medicine training track includes:

Developing core musculoskeletal knowledge, which includes examination of the knee, shoulder, foot/ankle, hip, and spine
Assigned reading materials, video, lecture series, and examination competencies
Developing proficiency in performing the pre-participation physical examination
Attend musculoskeletal procedural workshops

Football player The second-year sports medicine training track includes:

A one-month sports medicine rotation including time spent with orthopaedic surgeons, primary care sports medicine physicians, and physical therapists
Attendance at Friday night football games
Attend a national Sports Medicine conference
Opportunity to present cases at sports medicine meetings: the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the Texas chapter of the ACSM, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
A one-month orthopedic rotation

The third-year sports medicine training track includes:

A second one-month sports medicine rotation, including time spent with orthopaedic surgeons, primary care sports medicine physicians, and physical therapists
Participation in the sports medicine lecture series
Team physician for High School athletics
Injury clinic on Wednesday afternoons at Duncanville High School
Completion of a sports medicine research project with presentation on research day