Has appropriate medical indemnity | 90.6 |
Remains sober while on duty | 88.9 |
When the sports participant is a professional sportsman or athlete and derives livelihood from that activity the physician should pay due regard to the occupational aspects involved | 88.1 |
Knowledge and understanding of how injury affects sport | 87.5 |
Provides immediate/early access for acutely injured athletes | 87.4 |
Ability to formulate appropriate management plan based on history and examination | 85.8 |
Monetary gain should not influence clinical decisions | 85.8 |
Avoid negligence | 85 |
Ability to formulate accurate differential diagnosis from full history and examination | 84.4 |
Should be competent at CPR/basic life support | 84.4 |
Have personal and professional integrity | 84.3 |
Deals competently with mistakes | 84.1 |
Does not endanger patient’s health nor causes needless suffering | 83.7 |
Should be competent at cervical spine immobilisation and protection | 83.6 |
Knowledge and understanding of soft tissue injury/orthopaedic medicine | 83.6 |
Can ensure an injured athlete is transferred safely in emergency situation | 83.6 |
Ability to perform detailed, systematic, general, and sports related history | 83.6 |
Has access to physiotherapist | 83.5 |
Appropriate referral to physiotherapy and liaison in management | 82 |
Refers appropriately | 81.1 |
In sports medicine as in all other branches of medicine professional confidentiality must be observed. The right to privacy over medical attention the sportsman/athlete has received must be protected, especially in the case of professional sportsmen/athletes | 81.0 |
Updates and maintains clinical skills | 80.5 |