Would someone who previously had an athletic training background be viewed favorable for a sports medicine fellowship or would it not really make much difference? Any insight?
athletic training background
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Not necessarily favorable, but definitely helps! It means you get it. I didn't know what an athletic trainer was until residency. There's a lot of sports med docs out there with the initials MD/DO, ATC, LAT. My fellowship director was a student athletic trainer in college as well.
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IMHO it helps quite a bit with relating to the AT staff during fellowship and beyond. It also helps when trying to get into shadowing positions during residency because there is usually a fellow AT in charge of scheduling. Also, the sideline experience helps relate to the athletes/families and also sideline etiquette which is a large part of how to gain respect/street cred with school/team admin.
Dr Creeper, sports med doc, AT
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Dr Creeper, sports med doc, AT
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