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It really depends. Everyone has their own way of practicing after fellowship. I've seen PMR/sports docs do a mix and still do inpatient stuff. Others work in an ortho clinic as the non-operative person and procedure jockey. I'm FM/sports. Our PM&R sports person does more procedures than I do...

I agree with all of the above. We finalized our rank list the first week of November so any "LOI" at this point will really not influence anything. It's a nice gesture though!

Most sports docs actually practice their primary specialty.

It never hurts. I can tell you during our rank list meeting, amongst ourselves we ask if the applicant ever sent back a thank you letter. It’s a job interview people, please follow proper business etiquette. To us: no thank you letter = no interest.

You don't need a CAQ to cover your local high school games, volunteer at marathons, etc. Frankly, 20-30% of a primary care practice is MSK chief complaint oriented anyway! If you feel comfortable in your MSK skills and management, you don't need a fellowship. Joint injections, sprains and...

Well not really interested in pain management, but a quick google search got me UCI, VCU, maybe Wake Forest (they have in the past I believe). Don't care to search any further, but like I said, the info is out there. It's rare for FM to go into pain so the applicant pool for those individuals...

It's technically not a CAQ, it's a Designation of Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (DFPHM). Also in order to sit for this test, you need 3 years of unsupervised hospital clinical medicine + 3000 encounters in 3 years, meaning you have to practice as a hospitalist for 3 years prior to...

There are actually some pain fellowships that take FM, and they do interventional spine. FM can now sit for pain boards because of this. Other than that, I suggest going to a sports medicine fellowship that does spine procedures.

people do it all the time. I’ve known people getting their masters after residency. I even had a colleague who did law school post residency As well!

Netter's Concise Orthopedic Anatomy is good. Ultrasound wise, I like the fundamentals of MSK US previously stated.

The SM requirement in FM is around 2-4 weeks. You need to do more than the required rotation, so basically another month or so. I would also suggest to do the elective in the fall of your 2nd year, when sports medicine is its busiest (football season). Also SM doesn't have to be limited to your...

This. Traditionally though match day was the first Wednesday of January so it was a three week wait. This year everyone has to wait 4 weeks. Good luck to everyone on 1/11!

Last time they had data for fellowships was in 2018. I’ll save you the hassle in finding it, but sports medicine starts in page 370. 😂 https://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2018-Charting-Outcomes-SMS.pdf Basically for US grad, if you rank 5-6 programs then you have a 90%+ chance of...

Speaking as a FM-sports med attending, you’ll be fine. Do a FM sub-I and some primary care related volunteering too. Matching into CA FM programs from a Cali med school should be good. Do a rotation at one of the FM programs near you. Look for FM programs with sports med fellowships, or...

The easiest is finding programs with a fellowship. The other thing to look at is looking at previous graduates who have done sports fellowships. If there is at least 1 resident a year matching, then there is a pipeline for it. If a program hasn’t had a resident match into sports in 5 years...