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The OU Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship started in 1992. It is a 1 year accredited
clinical fellowship that participates in the sports medicine match. The fellow receives
experience with high school, collegiate, professional, and "weekend warrior" athletes.
The curriculum includes primary care sports clinics, orthopedic sports clinics,
training room coverage, weekly readings with discussion, multidisciplinary sports
medicine grand rounds, and continuity primary care clinics. The fellow is a key
teacher for musculoskeletal skills within the family practice residency.
Sports Medicine Meets a Growing Demand
With over 50% of the population engaged in some type of regular physical activity,
patients need primary care physicians who are knowledgeable and trained in sports
medicine. Our program is designed to help meet this need by training primary care
physicians to treat active individuals at all levels and their sports related injuries.
We are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Only physicians who have completed an accredited fellowship in sports medicine are
eligible to sit for the CAQ.
We provide you with a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to sports injury
treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. The curriculum also includes exposure
to biomechanics, exercise physiology, nutrition, and health promotion.
Curriculum
Curriculum and schedules are flexible and designed to adapt to the fellow's individual
sports medicine interest. We will work with the fellow to develop a particular area
to interests while preparing the fellow for the Certificate of Added Qualifications
for Sports Medicine.
Weekly discussion sessions with the sports medicine fellow are used to supplement
the fellow's experience and provide an opportunity to discuss current literature
and controversies in sports medicine. Journal Club meets once a month.
 Event Coverage
Coverage of sporting events is an integral part of the sports medicine program and
provides an education laboratory where the fellow gains invaluable first-hand experience.
Coverage includes:
- High school football
- College football, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, dance, volleyball,
track & cross country
- Professional baseball (Redhawks), hockey (Blazer's)
- Presbyterian Corporate Challenge - Annual corporate mini-Olympics
Professional Staff
The medical staff includes primary care physicians and orthopedic surgeons, all
with special training and interest in sports medicine. The physical therapy department
includes a full staff of physical therapists and certified athletic trainers. All
of the staff provide team coverage for national and international events, as well
as for local amateur and professional teams.
Family Medicine/Sports Medicine Physicians
James Barrett, MD
Phillip Palmer, MD
Steven Smith, MD
Daniel Clinkenbeard, MD
Brian Coleman, MD
Orthopedic Surgeons - Sports Medicine Facility
Mark S. Pascale, MD
Carlan Yates, MD
Charles Funderburk, MD
Donnald McGinnis, MD
Foreign Medical Graduates
Our program requires a score of or equivalent to a score of 200 on the USMLE. All
applicants must have completed accredited residency training in the United States
or Canada.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
 Family Practice Facility - The Family Medicine Center
Family practice clinics are located in the Family Medicine Center, completed in
December 1995, combined and relocated the departments clinics and administrative
offices into a central location.
McBride Clinic - Bone and Joint Hospital
 Athletes are diagnosed and treated on site by a team approach
using family practitioners, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, certified
athletic trainers, and exercise specialist. Casting, X-ray and orthotics can be
done on the premises.
OTHER SPORTS MEDICINE EDUCATIONAL SITES
Additional sports medicine experience is gained at various off campus sites, such
as Oklahoma City University training room and at Goddard Health Center on the University
of Oklahoma campus in Norman.
We also offer electives to round out the fellow's education and help meet specific
education and career goals.
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