Windsor Jordan T, Paul Ryan W, Beauchamp Lee C, Bessette Noelle B, Berberian Wayne, Maneyapanda Mukundha
From the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, NJ (Mr. Windsor, Mr. Paul, Mr. Beauchamp, Ms. Bessette, Dr. Berberian, Dr. Maneyapanda); the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Philadelphia, PA (Mr. Paul); and the St. Joseph's Health, Paterson, NJ (Dr. Maneyapanda).
J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2025 May 2;9(5). doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-24-00121. eCollection 2025 May 1.
Orthopedic sports medicine fellowship program websites likely serve as a preliminary source of information for prospective fellows. Websites give potential applicants a way to gain an understanding of the content and quality of a fellowship program's curriculum. Therefore, the purpose of this current study was to evaluate the curriculum factors reported on orthopedic sports medicine fellowship websites, with a secondary purpose of comparing curriculum between smaller and larger fellowship programs.
A comprehensive list of surgical sports medicine fellowships was compiled from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) website in February 2023. Each program's fellowship website was then analyzed to determine if key curriculum components were reported to be in the curriculum. Small fellowships were defined as having fewer than four fellows and large fellowships were considered as having four or greater fellows.
Overall, 90 surgical sports medicine fellowships were identified from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine website. Research was by far the most prevalent, with 87 programs (97%) highlighting research opportunities. By contrast, only 20 programs (22%) mentioned training in ultrasonography techniques and a mere seven programs (7.8%) listed sports psychology as part of their curriculum. Larger fellowship programs more frequently report cadaver surgical training on their websites than smaller fellowship programs (50% vs. 24%, P = 0.031). All other curriculum aspects were reported at statistically similar rates between large and small fellowship programs (all P > 0.05).
Orthopedic sports medicine fellowship websites prioritize research compared with other valuable curriculum factors, such as ultrasonography and psychology training. Fellows interested in cadaver training may find training more closely aligned with their interests at a larger institution. Sports medicine fellowships should consider expanding the breadth of their websites to include a wider variety of curricular elements to increase transparency for applicants and potentially attract applicants with interests closely aligned with their program.
骨科运动医学 fellowship 项目网站可能是准学员获取信息的初步来源。网站为潜在申请人提供了一种了解 fellowship 项目课程内容和质量的途径。因此，本研究的目的是评估骨科运动医学 fellowship 网站上报告的课程因素，其次要目的是比较小型和大型 fellowship 项目之间的课程。
2023 年 2 月从美国运动医学骨科协会（AOSSM）网站编制了一份外科运动医学 fellowship 项目的综合清单。然后分析每个项目的 fellowship 网站，以确定关键课程组成部分是否被报告在课程中。小型 fellowship 项目定义为学员少于四人，大型 fellowship 项目定义为学员四人或更多。
总体而言，从美国运动医学骨科协会网站上识别出 90 个外科运动医学 fellowship 项目。研究是迄今为止最普遍的，有 87 个项目（97%）强调了研究机会。相比之下，只有 20 个项目（22%）提到了超声检查技术培训，只有七个项目（7.8%）将运动心理学列为其课程的一部分。大型 fellowship 项目在其网站上比小型 fellowship 项目更频繁地报告尸体手术培训（50%对 24%，P = 0.031）。大型和小型 fellowship 项目在所有其他课程方面的报告率在统计学上相似（所有 P > 0.05）。
与超声检查和心理学培训等其他有价值的课程因素相比，骨科运动医学 fellowship 网站更重视研究。对尸体培训感兴趣的学员可能会发现在较大的机构中培训与他们的兴趣更相符。运动医学 fellowship 项目应考虑扩大其网站的广度，以纳入更广泛的课程元素，以提高对申请人的透明度，并有可能吸引与项目兴趣密切相符的申请人。
