sports team physician?

[pointystar]

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I chose to post in this forums because I didn't know what specialty you had to go through. I was interested in becoming a sports team physician, either soccer or football. I have a lot of questions:

What is the competition like? What do my grades have to be to become a team doctor in one of the big soccer leagues in Europe (La liga, ligue 1, serie a)?

What specialty do I have to do? Orthopedics?

What is the pay like?

Are hours just usually game time and practices?

I may have later questions, thanks for taking the time.

 

[DrizzyDrake]

I chose to post in this forums because I didn't know what specialty you had to go through. I was interested in becoming a sports team physician, either soccer or football. I have a lot of questions:

What is the competition like? What do my grades have to be to become a team doctor in one of the big soccer leagues in Europe (La liga, ligue 1, serie a)?

What specialty do I have to do? Orthopedics?

What is the pay like?

Are hours just usually game time and practices?

I may have later questions, thanks for taking the time.

I imagine that you just go into sports medicine and take it from there.

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

You don't typically get paid for being a team physician. It's usually something these doctors do in addition to their private practice.

 

[PTPoeny]

To be a team physician in Europe, you probably need to be licensed in Europe. Going to US med school may not be the most direct route to this particular career goal. What continent do you plan on practicing medicine in during the off-season?

 

[pointystar]

To be a team physician in Europe, you probably need to be licensed in Europe. Going to US med school may not be the most direct route to this particular career goal. What continent do you plan on practicing medicine in during the off-season?

I don't really care where I'll be practicing, most of my friends and relatives are in Afghanistan, and I don't plan to practice there.

 

[sbEMT33]

typically physicians for sports teams are surgeons, the one for my university works for the athletic department as well as at the university hospital

 

[Developer]

This might help (yeah it's an a site for osteopathic sports physicians but it still gives plenty of info which is useful for those who want to take the MD route):

http://www.aoasm.org/about/sports-medicine-faq/

 

[styphon]

In my area in NY - we have sports medicine doctors (FM fellowship) who attend professional sporting events. For non-professional, juniors, etc - often we have ER doctors, or just EMS crews.

 

[Ronin786]

There are a variety of physicians at games, ultimately it's going to depend on how well you can network in addition to being in the right field (sports medicine/orthopedics).