Schultz Emily A, Durtschi Maxwell S, Oakes Kylie G, Kussman Andrea, Hwang Calvin E
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Department of Family Medicine, Division of Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Orthop J Sports Med. 2024 Apr 26;12(4):23259671241242412. doi: 10.1177/23259671241242412. eCollection 2024 Apr.
Previous studies have shown that most professional head and orthopaedic team physicians are men, and most orthopaedic team physicians are fellowship-trained. It is unknown whether this holds true for primary care team physicians.
To evaluate the residency and fellowship training background as well as the demographic characteristics of primary care team physicians in professional sports.
Cross-sectional study.
Publicly available information was used to determine the lead and supporting primary care team physicians for every US-based team in Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, National Women's Soccer League, and Women's National Basketball Association. Data regarding training background and sex were obtained using internet-based sources.
We identified 310 primary care team physicians from all 165 US-based teams in the 7 leagues included in the study. Female physicians comprised 11.5% (19/165) of the lead primary care team physicians and 14.2% (44/310) of all primary care team physicians. Overall, 66.7% (110/165) of lead primary care team physicians and 75.5% (234/310) of all primary care team physicians were sports medicine fellowship-trained. There was a higher proportion of female (37.5%) and fellowship-trained (93.8%) physicians in women's professional sports leagues. Most primary care team physicians (244/310 [78.7%]) were trained in family medicine or internal medicine.
Women constituted a small minority of primary care team physicians in professional sports. Most primary care team physicians were residency trained in family medicine or internal medicine and were sports medicine fellowship-trained. The proportion of female and fellowship-trained primary care team physicians was highest in the National Women's Soccer League and the Women's National Basketball Association.
以往研究表明，大多数专业的头部和骨科团队医生为男性，且大多数骨科团队医生都接受过专科培训。目前尚不清楚这一情况在基层医疗团队医生中是否成立。
评估职业体育基层医疗团队医生的住院医师培训和专科培训背景以及人口统计学特征。
横断面研究。
利用公开信息确定美国职业棒球大联盟、美国职业足球大联盟、美国职业篮球联赛、美国国家橄榄球联盟、国家冰球联盟、美国女子足球联赛和美国女子职业篮球联赛中每个美国球队的首席和支持基层医疗团队医生。通过网络来源获取有关培训背景和性别的数据。
我们在该研究纳入的7个联赛中的所有165支美国球队中确定了310名基层医疗团队医生。女性医生占首席基层医疗团队医生的11.5%（19/165），占所有基层医疗团队医生的14.2%（44/310）。总体而言，66.7%（110/165）的首席基层医疗团队医生和75.5%（234/310）的所有基层医疗团队医生接受过运动医学专科培训。女子职业体育联赛中女性医生（37.5%）和接受过专科培训的医生（93.8%）比例更高。大多数基层医疗团队医生（244/310 [78.7%]）接受过家庭医学或内科培训。
女性在职业体育基层医疗团队医生中占少数。大多数基层医疗团队医生接受过家庭医学或内科的住院医师培训，并接受过运动医学专科培训。在国家女子足球联赛和美国女子职业篮球联赛中，女性和接受过专科培训的基层医疗团队医生比例最高。
