From the President

2009 AOASM President Michell Gilsenand, DO, FAOASMCongratulation to the AOASM!

Thanks to the hard work of our Board of Directors, our academy is now recognized, as are all osteopathic colleges, by the AOA as a specialty society.  By attaining a specialty society status, AOASM has more opportunity to grow, strengthen, and educate the osteopathic sports medicine community.

Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Wayne English and the members of the Conjoint Task Force, all of the specialty societies and their respective boards are united and cooperatively working well to improve and enhance the musculoskeletal education of our physicians at all levels.

Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Rick Parker and the Conjoint Sports Medicine Examination Committee, all physicians who have attained a Certification of Added Qualification (CAQ) are now considered to have attained a BOARD Certification of Added Qualification (CAQ).  This allows increased recognition amongst the lay community and the third-party insurance payers.

Thanks to the hard work of the Conjoint Sports Medicine Education and Evaluation Committee, the training of our sports medicine fellows leading to the Board CAQ is cohesive, united and standard throughout the country. The accreditation of the Sports Medicine Fellowships, the inspection of the Sports Medicine Fellowships and the designation of the training complete of the Sports Medicine Fellow is the responsibility of the Conjoint Sports Medicine Committee of Education and Evaluation. The training complete process has been streamlined and more accessible to potential fellows (both AOA and ACGME).

Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Scott Cook and his editors, our AOASM members will be receiving a very professional quarterly newsletter discussing the current sports medicine issues and state of the art therapies.  This newsletter is a labor of love and resulted from pride in our profession.  I hope you enjoy the newsletter as much as I do and appreciate the hard work involved to keep the osteopathic sports medicine community informed.

And congratulations to Stephanie Giammittorio who won the ‘Send in your Evaluation’ lottery which was held at the end of the Annual Conference in Utah this past March. Her name was chosen out of the entries of those who sent in their final evaluations of the conference.  She wins 50% off the cost of next year’s conference registration fee which will be held in Anaheim, California

Stay tuned for information on projects in the works:
Past President Blog Page
1A CME workshops via the webinar
The upcoming AOA Fall Conference
The upcoming AOASM Spring Conference

Until next time,

Michele Gilsenan
President
AOASM

CAQ and Recertification Documents

Sports Medicine: A Definition

Sports medicine is a branch of the healing arts profession which utilizes a holistic, comprehensive approach to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sport and exercise-related injuries, disorders, dysfunctions and disease processes.

Sports Docs in ActionThe Osteopathic Sports Medicine Physician's practice shall include:

  1. Providing comprehensive medical management of the athlete across a broad scope of specializations.
  2. Recognizing the importance of utilizing special manual medicine skills in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neuromusculo-skeletal injuries, disorders, dysfunctions and diseases.
  3. Understanding the principles of performance enhancers, coaching techniques, training methods and sport specific rules and regulations.
  4. Understanding the science of injury prevention and recognition, advanced rehabilitation techniques and epidemiology.
  5. Applying and promoting wellness concepts to the general public.
  6. Directing the application of sports science in improving the health care of athletes, the general public and those with special needs.

Athlete: A Definition

The term athlete refers to an individual who is engaged in sport, exercise or physical activity at the recreational, industrial, competitive, professional or elite level.