TY - JOUR T1 - Youth of today is the future of tomorrow JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1315 LP - 1315 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098313 VL - 51 IS - 18 AU - Justin Carrard AU - Boris Gojanovic Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/18/1315.abstract N2 - The future of Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM), a young medical discipline, rests heavily on the involvement and commitment of the current generation of medical students. SEM is a fully recognised specialty on a handful of countries, something that is not mirrored in the majority of regions worldwide,1 and SEM will not form any meaningful part of the medical curriculum in universities in most countries.2 3 This exclusion from the academic process results in limited awareness among students and physicians about what SEM actually involves. SEM’s role in the fight against the burden of non-communicable diseases is simply ignored or misunderstood at best.4 If we, as SEM practitioners, are to stand a chance of harnessing the medical potential of SEM, we need to acknowledge the importance of grassroots development, that is, … ER -