title: Team physician preferences at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I universities.
abstract: Virtually all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I universities have physicians who evaluate and treat athletic injuries and other medical conditions. The relationship of these physicians to these institutions ranges from a very loose arrangement to full-time employment. The specialties of the physicians working with the athletes of NCAA Division I universities vary as well. This study attempts to determine the specialty of current team physicians at NCAA Division I universities and their qualifications as well as the preferences of athletic directors when they are seeking to employ a team physician for their university. By comparing IA and non-IA Division I institutions, an attempt is made to determine the possible reasons for differences. This information will then be useful both for physicians-in-training who aspire to be team physicians at the university level and for administrators at these institutions who will be recruiting physicians with the most desirable credentials in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Femily Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth 76107-2699, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Stockard
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003625:Data Collection; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010819:Physician's Role; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D014495:Universities