MISSION:
The Education Committee will support the AMSSM as the premier educational resource for sports medicine physicians.

Charges:

• Oversee the processes for submission of case abstracts, blinded review of case abstracts, selection of cases for podium presentations, selection of cases for poster presentations, implementation of case podium presentation sessions, implementation of case poster presentation sessions and selection of awards for case podium presentations for AMSSM Annual Meetings.
• Participate on the Program Committee for the Annual Meeting to organize the case podium presentation sessions, case poster presentation sessions and Two Minute Drill sessions if included in the AMSSM Annual Meeting.
• The Committee will work to create educational curriculums that reflect current sports medicine standards of care that can be utilized in primary specialty residency training programs and/or medical student education.  Specifically:
  • Develop and periodically update musculoskeletal and sports medicine curriculum guidelines for residents of the five primary specialties (Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) that contribute to the subspecialty of primary care sports medicine.  This may be accomplished in collaboration with interested national organizations of these primary specialties such as the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the Society for Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) or other appropriate organizations that are interested in collaborating.
• The Committee will actively look for opportunities to create new educational forums that further the advancement of the field of sports medicine.  Specifically:
  • Develop and periodically update an internet-based library of clinical cases from among those presented at AMSSM Annual Meetings that members can access readily in order to maximize learning opportunities from these clinical cases. This may be done in collaboration with other interested sports medicine organizations.
• Sub-Committees:
  1. Sports Medicine Curriculum for Pediatric Residents Subcommittee
  2. Sports Medicine Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents Subcommittee
  3. Sports Medicine Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents Subcommittee
  4. Sports Medicine Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents Subcommittee
  5. Sports Medicine Curriculum for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residents Subcommittee
  6. Online Cases Studies Subcommittee
  7. Case Review Subcommittee
  8. Podcast Subcommittee
        Podcast Subcommittee Charge and Responsibilities:
     • Assist the education committee co-chairs with coordinating and executing the Sports Medcast Series
     • Collaborate with BJSM to distribute content via multiple platforms (AMSSM, BSJM)
     • Production goal: 6 podcasts annually.
     • Collaborate with AMSSM Communications Committee and Publications Committee to ensure the quality of content and interviewees
     • Subcommittee members can help with various responsibilities ranging from being a resource for brainstorming ideas for podcasts, writing and editing podcast scripts, and serving as podcast moderators.
  9. Sports Medicine CAQ Preparatory Course Subcommittee
        Charge: Assist the Committee Co-Chairs and coordinate the Annual Meeting CAQ Preparatory Course while collaborating with ACSM to optimize educational content.
        Composition:
     • Subcommittee Co-Chair
     • Subcommittee Co-Chair
     • ACSM Representation Interested
     • AMSSM members-at-large
        Responsibilities:
     • Assist the Education Committee Co-Chairs with coordinating and executing the AMSSM/ACSM CAQ Preparatory Review Session.
     • Coordinate AMSSM and ACSM CAQ sessions through AMSSM and ACSM representation and contribution.
     • Collaborate with the ITE subcommittee to drive curriculum development to serve the AMSSM membership best.
     • Subcommittee members can help with a variety of responsibilities ranging from being a resource for brainstorming ideas for curriculum, writing and editing questions, helping to deliver the pretest and post-tests during the session, and even speaking in the session and providing feedback regarding session to facilitate a culture of continuous improvement through AMSSM program evaluations and subcommittee communications with the Education Committee and CAQ Review Session Subcommittee Chairs.
  10. AMSSM Medical School Sports Medicine Curriculum Subcommittee Responsibilities:
      • Assist the education committee co-chairs by developing a sports medicine curriculum guideline for U.S. medical schools.
      • Collaborate with the USBJI, as appropriate, to ensure that sports medicine content is represented in MSK educational guideline development.
      • Collaborate with AMSSM Publications Committee to ensure quality of content once a draft curriculum is available.
      • Ensure ongoing revisions are established to update this curriculum to reflect current and future developments in medical student education.
      • Subcommittee members can help with various responsibilities ranging from brainstorming ideas for curriculum innovation, collaborating efforts with USBJI, and serving on the curriculum writing group.
  11. Fellowship Online Education Subcommittee
         Responsibilities:
      • Organize and conduct the National Fellow Online Lecture Series.
      • Solicit input from program directors and fellows to ensure that content is relevant to sports medicine fellows.
      • Work with staff to post all lectures on the AMSSM YouTube channel and make them widely accessible to fellows and the overall AMSSM membership.
  12. Online Clinical Reference Subcommittee
      Responsibilities:
      • Organize and highlight sports medicine online education on one resource page and develop an online education Wiki database linked to the AMSSM website
      • Based on gaps in educational content, this subcommittee will also produce content to add to the database.
      • Ensure the content on the site is up to date and clinically relevant to members.
  13. Top Sports Medicine Articles Subcommittee
         Responsibilities:
      • Regularly review/set guidelines for article selection, promotion, and timelines for creating an annual list of top practice-changing sports medicine articles for each calendar year.
      • The initial format for each article includes generating a list of links to the articles (available for download using the members’ institutional subscriptions) along with 2-3 summary points for each article.
  14. The subcommittee is responsible for considering/proposing potential presentation opportunities, including main session talks at the Annual Meeting, creation of specific ICLs to provide further educational opportunities, giving short talks via AMSSM podcasts on this topic, publication within the Sideline Report, or other display opportunities highlighting member commitment and efforts on various AMSSM-sponsored, affiliated, or owned social media platforms.