Education for Professionals > Orthopaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship > Goals and Objectives
The Goals of The Ohio State University Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellowship are as follows:
Refine the Fellow's ability to critically evaluate an athletic injury through history, physical exam, differential diagnosis, and appropriate ordering and interpretation of X-rays, MRI, Bone Scan, etc.
Refine the Fellow's ability to develop treatment options with understanding of surgical risks and benefits, physical therapy modalities and exercises.
Appropriately apply these abilities in several environments including the office setting, the training room, and at event coverage.
Enhance their surgical skills and interoperative decision making via supervised hands-on surgical experience.
Educate the Fellow in post-operative patient evaluation and rehabilitation programs.
Expose the Fellow to the multidisciplinary aspect of caring for athletes with interaction and exposure to athletic trainers, Physical Therapists, Primary Care Sports Medicine specialists, Psychologists, etc.
Have the Fellow become familiar with the Sports Medicine literate and develop the ability to critically review it.
Experience the process of producing a publishable quality research project.
