About the Program
Our program offers a robust learning experience for fellows. Components of the two-year program include:
- Opportunity to earn a master's degree while completing the fellowship
- Longitudinal opportunities to learn from operative and non-operative sports medicine physicians
- Participation on medical team for SWEEP and FLOW programs
- Formalized learning of procedural and diagnostic ultrasound equipment
- Focus on lifestyle medicine, including exercise as medicine and nutrition along with their roles within a sports medicine patient population
- Hands-on and focused work with Division I and professional sports teams in Birmingham
Academics and Conferences
Our program provides a wide variety of regular and required didactics and educational sessions. The didactic curriculum is designed to increase the fellow’s knowledge base in all aspects of Sports & Exercise Medicine and to help prepare the fellow to sit for the Sports Medicine In-Training Examination and successfully obtain the Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine (CAQSM). Each week there is one half-day designated to the didactic curriculum of lectures, journal club and small-group discussions.
Additionally, fellows will develop or participate in at least one research project in the field of sports medicine. Research topics are tailored to the interests of the individual fellow. The fellow is required to either submit one original research or review article for publication in a professional journal, or present a clinical case, research poster, or do a research podium presentation at the AMSSM annual meeting by completion of the fellowship.
Collaborative Lifestyle Medicine
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team of nutritionists, physicians, athletic trainers and clinical psychologists, UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine Fellows help create tailored support for individuals seeking to improve their health or optimize athletic performance. Fellows serve on the medical team for UAB’s innovative Sports, Wellness, Exercise, and Elite Performance (SWEEP), Fitness, Lifestyle, and Optimal Wellness (FLOW), and Exercise is Medicine programs.
Visiting Electives for Residents
We offer and encourage interested residents to spend a two-week or one-month rotation with us here in Birmingham. These electives are limited, and therefore it is recommended you apply for these well in advance of the rotation.
We would also like to help develop an individualized learning plan for this rotation which will allow us to maximize this learning experience.
Contact:
Heather Cowart, M.Ed.
Program Manager II
Candace Ragsdale
Education Administrator