The Saint Vincent Sports Medicine Fellowship incorporates a longitudinal curriculum structure interms of primary care sports medicine experience, while orthopedic specialty rotations are organized in block schedule. We believe this offers our fellows several important educational advantages. Learn more about
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Fellow A: Sports Pavilion Fellow B: Sports Pavilion |
Fellow A: PSB Student Health Fellow B: Edinboro Training Room |
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Tuesday |
Fellow A: Sports Pavilion Fellow B: Independent Study |
Fellow A & B: 1-2PM Ultrasound Fellow A: Fairview Training Room Fellow B: Northwestern Training Room |
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Wednesday |
Fellow A & B: Sports Medicine Clinic at the Family Medicine Center |
Fellow A: Independent Study Fellow B: Westside Pavilion |
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Thursday |
Fellow A & B: Lecture Didactics |
Fellow A: Independent Study/Mercyhurst Univ. Training Room Fellow B: PSB Student Health |
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Fellow A: Westside Pavilion Fellow B: Sports Pavilion |
OPEN - Rotations with Dr. Diemel / Physical Therapy / Other Providers |
Your clinical experience will include a longitudinal structure of your primary care sports medicine exposure as well as a block schedule of your orthopedic specialty exposure.
The longitudinal structure of our program optimizes continuity of care. The fellow can be present through the entire course of an injury or problem, from the initial diagnostic evaluation, helping to formulate a treatment plan, being present for follow-up visits to assess response to the initial treatment plan and participating in return-to-play decisions.
This structure optimizes working relationships with the faculty. The fellow will see patients with the same faculty members on a weekly basis. This allows the fellow and faculty members to develop close working relationships. The regular interaction offers the faculty the opportunity to provide individualized instruction to fellows to improve their skills during their fellowship. The increased trust that comes from this relationship also enables the fellow to have greater participation in clinical decision-making over the course of their training.
The block schedule allows for orthopedic specialty exposure, including time with Orthopedic Sports, Orthopedic Trauma, Joint Replacement, Orthopedic Hand, Orthopedic Foot/Ankle, and MSK radiology. This will include a program-sponsored 2-week rotation in Pittsburgh, PA in the spring. If fellows are interested in a concentrated experience in a specific area or would like additional exposure to associated specialties, (pain management, PT, etc.), special arrangements can be made to accommodate individual interests.
The fellows' Primary Care continuity clinic occurs at Penn State Behrend’s student health center. The student health setting offers the fellows the opportunity to further develop their ability to diagnose and treat acute medical and musculoskeletal problems typically seen in a primary care office. Supervision is provided by Dr. St. Julien and Dr. Kim.
Our program offers the fellows a variety of clinical teaching sites. Each of these sites provides exposure to a different mix of patients but all provide invaluable clinical experience. Fellows spend time every week at the AHN Sports Pavilion at Erie Sports Center and at AHN Health and Wellness Pavilion in an attending’s sports medicine clinic. They also spend time weekly in a high school and college training room. The different clinic sites offer variety in patient population, demographics, and the type of pathology the fellow sees. The fellows receive exposure to competitive college athletes, high school athletes, active wellness-minded adults, as well as common orthopedic conditions seen in a primary care practice.
Outpatient Offices
The fellow will see patients in various locations around Erie: AHN Sports Pavillion at Erie Sports Center, the West Health and Wellness Pavillion, East Health and Wellness Pavillion, and Hardner Building. Physician consultation for injury prevention, performance enhancement and comprehensive treatment. Ultrasound evaluations and guided injections are utilized in evaluation and treatment of patients at every location.
Penn State Behrend
This is a rich source of clinical experience for our fellows. The university is a member of the 10-school Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC), participating in 21 Division III athletic programs with approximately 350 athletes. The fellow will be involved in weekly training room sessions as well as event coverage that provide hands-on exposure to a wide variety of acute and chronic sports medicine problems. The university’s student health office is also the location for the fellow’s weekly primary care clinical experience.
Edinboro Univeristy Of Pennsylvania
The University is home to a very diverse student population and is a strong advocate for disabled students. Athletes compete in 26 different sports: 24 Division II sports programs, Division I wrestling and men's wheelchair basketball. The Division II and Division I athletes compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference (PSAC). Wrestling also competes in the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) and placed 3rd in the nation in the NCAA tournament in 2015. The fellow is involved in a weekly training room along with Dr. St. Julien, providing primary care sports medicine services to athletes. The University's Division II football and Division I wrestling programs offer excellent hands-on, sideline experience.
Mercyhurst University
A private, Catholic university in the heart of the city of Erie, the school offers 26 different NCAA Division I athletic programs and is a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC) and the hockey teams compete in the Atlantic Hockey American (AHA) league. The fellow works with Dr. Vanchieri, Dr. Venida, and Dr. Deimel, providing health care services to injured athletes.
High Schools
The fellow is involved in a weekly training room at one of our local high schools in addition to providing event coverage at the high school. We provide coverage for five public high schools and one private school in the Erie area. The fellow works under the supervision of the head team physician at his/her school but is able to provide first contact evaluation of injuries on the sidelines as well as evaluation of chronic problems in the training room. This offers the independence to come up with their own diagnosis and treatment plans. We have long-established relationships with these schools who value the contribution of our fellows to the care of their athletes.
Weekly didactic sessions
Weekly virtual orthopedic didactics are held in conjunction with AHN Alleghany General Hospital’s program in Pittsburgh. These include weekly sports medicine-related didactics by the orthopedic department, monthly primary care sports medicine didactics for a half day, weekly orthopedic M&M/grand rounds during applicable topics, and weekly fellow-led pediatric sports medicine lectures for the first half of the year.
In addition to virtual didactics, there will be in-person lectures for MSK radiology, board review, quarterly journal club, and other sports medicine topics. Our dedicated in-person MSK Ultrasound didactics are explained below.
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Our MSK US curriculum includes weekly instruction with a faculty member skilled at US and US-guided injections, incorporation of US into the didactic sessions, and funding to attend a CME on US-guided injections. Fellows will be proficient at scanning all the required basic structures of all joints as laid out in the AMSSM Ultrasound Curriculum. The program also offers MSK US at all our clinical sportsmedicine locations.
