Education

Sports medicine education in Australia

Peter Fricker

Acting Coordinator Sports Science and Sports Medicine AIS, Chair of Sports Medicine, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

This is recognised as the specialist training programme in sports medicine in both New Zealand and Australia, although government recognition as a medical specialty in Australia is still awaited. In New Zealand, sports medicine has been recognised as a special discipline.

The term "sports physician" is reserved for Fellows of the Australian College of Sports Physicians (ACSP) and "sports medicine practitioner" is used for all other doctors with a qualification—for example, Master of Sports Medicine, Diploma of Sports Medicine—and/or interest in sports medicine.

Fellowship of the ACSP is obtained after a minimum of seven years approved postgraduate medical experience and training. Trainees must be registered to practise in Australia.

An initial three years of internship or hospital residency and perhaps primary care experience is prescribed before a prospective trainee can sit the part 1 fellowship examination of the college. This consists of two three hour multiple choice examination papers which . . . [Full text of this article]

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