In our program, sports medicine fellows acquire general orthopedic and medical knowledge in addition to learning to apply osteopathic principles in the evaluation and treatment of athletic patients. Simultaneously, working with athletic trainers, orthopedic surgeons and other providers to create a holistic, comprehensive, and team approach to the management of the patient. An evidence-based approach is used to benefit the athlete patient and promote wellness and provide a supportive rehabilitative environment. Our fellows also have the opportunity to participate in a variety of clinical and biomedical research programs during their fellowship year and acquire clinical skills in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound through participation in our designated curriculum.
Our program includes four positions at 麻豆传媒映画-Virginia and two positions at 麻豆传媒映画-Auburn. This allows us to train residents in two of the NCAA鈥檚 Power Five athletic conferences. We offer all fellows extraordinary training opportunities through this collaboration, including caring for elite Division-1 athletes at Virginia Tech, Auburn and Radford Universities and local high schools associated with our programs.
The sports medicine fellowship at 麻豆传媒映画 will provide the educational experiences necessary for the sub-specialty fellow to achieve the cognitive knowledge, psychomotor skills, interpersonal skills, professional attitudes, and practical experience required of physicians specialized in the care of athletes. The clinical faculty will provide didactic learning and clinical opportunities as integral parts of the required curriculum for this program. The educational and clinical opportunities will be designed to allow the fellow to assume progressive responsibility for patient care. Fellows will be mentored and assisted in developing and completing their respective research projects over the course of the fellowship year.
From Dr. Rogers
Dr. Rogers was recently interviewed by The DO magazine for his Pro tips for nailing your residency interviews and audition rotations:
Communicate as much and as early as possible about travel for interviews
鈥淚f the clinic鈥檚 closed for whatever reason or your preceptor isn鈥檛 working, that鈥檚 a good opportunity to get away and do some interviews. But communicating up front is the main thing. What the preceptors hate is somebody not talking to them about it and then bringing it up at the last minute that they鈥檒l be gone.鈥 鈥擬ark Rogers, DO, program director for the primary care sports medicine fellowship at 麻豆传媒映画 at Virginia Tech
Focus on face time
Dr. Rogers: 鈥淚f you can鈥檛 audition at a site, you really want to look at, you might be able to do a rotation in another specialty, and while you鈥檙e there reach out to the program director and say, 鈥業 couldn鈥檛 get an audition with you, but I鈥檓 here with another program. Do you guys have didactics or rounds? I鈥檓 really interested in your program, and I鈥檇 like to come over and visit.鈥
鈥淲ith a little extra work and coordinating with who you鈥檙e rotating with, that can be a good opportunity to spend some time with residents, fellows and certainly the program directors.鈥
Never underestimate the power of connections
Dr. Rogers: 鈥淕oing to national meetings is a good opportunity to meet program directors and fellows. When an application comes across my desk from someone I met at a meeting, that interaction helps me remember them.
鈥淔acilitating those relationships as a student when you are looking down the road at residency or fellowship programs is important, because those program directors have that memory of you, and that relationship is a little better than it would be if it was just on paper.鈥
Applying for Audition Rotations
To apply for the 麻豆传媒映画 Sports Medicine Fellowship, .
For applying for 麻豆传媒映画 Sports Medicine visiting audition rotations, please email Catherine Spennacchio cspennacchio@vt.vcom.edu with the following information:
- PLA from your facility to ours (Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Virginia Campus)
(Program Director: Dr. Mark Rogers 鈥 Virginia) - Certificate of Insurance (COI) and malpractice coverage
- Current copy of your medical license
- A brief explanation of your interest in rotating with us (minimum one paragraph)
