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American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
AMSSM Partners With AAOS, NATA, and AOSSM in Support of Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015
AMSSM encourages you to reach out to your members of the US Congress to encourage them to support S689/HR921, companion bills titled “Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act of 2015.” In a follow-up to the 2014 efforts, these bills were reintroduced in early 2015 and would help clarify that sports medicine professionals who travel outside their primary licensed state to provide care for athletes will be covered by their medical malpractice insurance. The bills, which enjoy bipartisan support, stipulate that health care services provided by a covered sports medicine professional to an athlete, athletic team, or team staff member in a secondary state outside that professional’s state of licensure will be covered by the appropriate medical malpractice insurance provider. Currently, in most states, sports medicine professionals who travel outside of the state to provide care for athletes are not covered by their medical malpractice insurance—largely because of jurisdictional issues. By removing legal ambiguity, these bills would allow sports medicine providers to engage in the treatment of injured athletes across state lines without taking on unnecessary professional and financial risk.
AMSSM to Present Workshop at 2015 ECOSEP Meeting
As part of a partnership exchange with the European College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, AMSSM will be presenting a clinical workshop during the combined 4th Congress of ECOSEP/7th Muscletech Network Workshop in Barcelona, Spain, October 7-9, 2015. The conference will take an extensive look at muscle and tendon research. AMSSM First Vice President Matt Gammons, MD; Second Vice President Katherine Dec, MD; and Board Member David Berkoff, MD, will represent AMSSM and present during the workshop.
Reporting Catastrophic Sports Injuries
AMSSM encourages you to report catastrophic sports injuries through the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR) site at https://www.sportinjuryreport.org/. NCCSIR tracks and conducts research on severe sports injuries and illnesses in the United States. Decisions about rule changes and equipment changes are informed by these data.
AMSSM and NATA Cohost Collaborative Solutions for Safety in Sport Meeting in New York City
The first Collaborative Solutions for Safety in Sport Meeting took place in March at the NFL Headquarters in New York City. The meeting focused on the implementation of current health and safety best practices in secondary school athletics. All 50 state high school associations participated along with the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Immediate Past President Dr Chris Madden opened the meeting with NATA President Jim Thornton. AMSSM members presenting at the meeting included Drs Jon Drezner, Cindy Chang, Verle Valentine, Kathy Dec, and Josh Bloom. More than 20 AMSSM members were in attendance, most representing their state’s sports medicine advisory committees.
AMSSM 2015 Traveling Fellows Head to South Africa
Drs Alison Brooks and Jim MacDonald were chosen as the 2015 Junior Traveling Fellows for the AMSSM International Traveling Fellowship Program tour to South Africa. Drs Brooks and MacDonald will join AMSSM Founder and Past President Doug McKeag, MD, who will serve as the second Senior Traveling Fellow for the October 8-22 tour. The Traveling Fellowship will culminate with participation in the South African Sports Medicine Association Annual Meeting, October 19-22, and a chance to present at that meeting. This program was made possible by the generous support the AMSSM Foundation received from DJO Global. AMSSM wishes to thank DJO Global for its educational support of this exchange of ideas and knowledge by world leaders in sports medicine.
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
AOSSM Self-Assessment Examination 2015 Now Available
AOSSM now has 125 new, peer-reviewed questions available to help you assess your strongest areas of sports medicine knowledge and identify areas for further study. The AOSSM Self-Assessment Examination 2015 (SAE) helps fulfill your American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s (ABOS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part II self-assessment requirement and offers CME credits. The cost per exam is $125. To order, visit www.sportsmed.org/selfassessment or call AOSSM at 847/292-4900. Questions? Contact Meredith Herzog at
Keep Kids in the Game
Want to know how you can get involved with preventing injuries in kids? Here are a few tips:
Sign-up your practice or institution as an official collaborating organization. Visit http://www.STOPSportsInjuries.org and click “Join our Team” to get started.
Provide athletes information on a specific injury or offer prevention advice by sharing the program’s numerous sports tip sheets in your practice or institution, available at http://www.STOPSportsInjuries.org.
Join the conversation on youth sports injury prevention with our monthly #SportsSafety tweet chat, held the second Wednesday of the month at 9
Give Your Patients the Best Sports Medicine Info—Send them In Motion
In Motion is now available to be personalized with your practice name and logo. For just $300, you will receive 4 personalized issues (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter) and the high- and low-resolution PDFs to send to a patient’s inbox, put on your website, or print out and place in your waiting room. For more information, contact Lisa Weisenberger, Director of Communications, at
Upcoming Meetings and Courses
August 14-16, 2015
Chicago, IL
August 28-30, 2015
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 23-25, 2015
Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
December 10-13, 2015
Austin, TX
January 22-24, 2016
Orthopaedic Learning Center, Rosemont, IL
Sports Physical Therapy Section (SPTS)
SPTS Elects New Officers
SPTS membership has elected the following individuals to new leadership positions:
President-Elect
Walt Jenkins, PT, DHS, ATC, LATC
Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, East Carolina University
Vice President
Blaise Williams, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of the VCU RUN LAB, Virginia Commonwealth University
Secretary
Mitchell Rauh, PT, PhD, MPH, FACSM
Professor, Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, San Diego State University
Nominating Committee
Terry Grindstaff, PT, PhD, ATC, SCS, CSCS
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University
Congratulations to all the new leadership members!