title: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recommended sports ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships.
abstract: The following sports ultrasound (SPORTS US) curriculum is a revision of the curriculum developed by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) in 2010. Several changes have been made to the curriculum with the primary aim of providing a pathway by which a sports medicine fellow can obtain sufficient SPORTS US training to become proficient in the core competencies of SPORTS US. The core competencies of SPORTS US are outlined in the learning objectives section of this document. The term "SPORTS US" was purposefully chosen rather than "musculoskeletal ultrasound" (MSK US) because it was recognized by the panel that the evolving field of SPORTS US encompasses non-MSK applications of ultrasound such as the FAST examination (focused assessment with sonography for trauma). Although the SPORTS US core competencies in this curriculum are all MSK in nature, they represent the minimum SPORTS US knowledge a sports medicine fellow should acquire during fellowship. However, additional training in more advanced MSK and non-MSK applications of ultrasound can be provided at the fellowship director's discretion. Completion of this SPORTS US curriculum fulfills the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's (AIUM) requirements to perform an MSK US examination and the prerequisites for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography's (ARDMS) MSK sonography certification examination.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California; †Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; ‡Department of Orthopedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; §University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; ¶Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Somersworth, New Hampshire; ‖Department of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; **Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa Sports Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa; ††Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; ‡‡York Hospital Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, York, Pennsylvania; §§Department of Family and Community Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania; ¶¶Department of Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ‖‖HQ Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Florida; ***Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and †††University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas.
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mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000193:education*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D014481:United States