Thompson B, MacAuley D, McNally O, O'Neill S
Sports Medicine Clinic, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown BT63 5QQ, Northern Ireland, UK.
Br J Sports Med. 2004 Apr;38(2):214-7. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.004689.
To define the role and responsibilities of the sports medicine specialist using a recognised research technique.
A Delphi technique was employed using anonymous postal questionnaires sent to a random sample of 300 members of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine. The questionnaire of 300 putative attributes was developed in a pilot study and the Delphi technique used allowed participants to modify their responses according to the responses of other participants.
There was a 53% response to both rounds of the study with 75.6% of the respondents being male, 39% having a higher qualification in sports medicine, and 45.6% being general practitioners. Some 86.3% strongly agreed that sport and exercise medicine should be a recognised speciality and 90% strongly agreed that it should be available on the National Health Service (NHS). The most important specialist attributes were orthopaedic and soft tissue medicine (83.6% strongly agreed) and emergency medical management (79.7% strongly agreed). More than 75% of respondents did not agree that either research or personal playing experience were relevant.
Sports and exercise medicine is an evolving speciality in the United Kingdom. We believe this is the first systematic attempt to define the role and responsibilities of the sports medicine specialist and the findings are of relevance to the future development of a career pathway.
运用一种公认的研究技术来明确运动医学专家的角色和职责。
采用德尔菲法，向英国运动与运动医学协会的300名成员随机抽样发送匿名邮政问卷。在一项预试验中制定了包含300个假定属性的问卷，所采用的德尔菲法允许参与者根据其他参与者的回答修改自己的回答。
两轮研究的回复率为53%，75.6%的受访者为男性，39%拥有运动医学方面的更高资质，45.6%为全科医生。约86.3%的人强烈同意运动与运动医学应成为一个公认的专业领域，90%的人强烈同意它应在国民医疗服务体系（NHS）中可用。最重要的专业属性是骨科和软组织医学（83.6%的人强烈同意）以及急诊医疗管理（79.7%的人强烈同意）。超过75%的受访者不同意研究或个人运动经历与之相关。
运动与运动医学在英国是一个不断发展的专业领域。我们认为这是首次系统地尝试界定运动医学专家的角色和职责，其结果与职业发展途径的未来发展相关。
