1988

Dr. Richard Hu

1989

Dr. Shelby Karpman

1990

Rui Yuge, PT

1990

Dr. Gordon Russell

1991

Dr. Amed Shaker

1991

Dr. Don Newhouse

1991

Dr. Lisa Stevenson

1992

Dr. Frank Kortbeek

1993

Dr. Janet Yoneda

1994

Dr. Deneen Baron

1995

Dr. Brent Jones

1996

Dr. Joel Weaver

1997

Dr. John Clarke

1998

Dr. Marni Wesner (clinical)

1998

Heather Bredy, PT

1999

Dr. Lillian Au

2000

Dr. Marni Wesner (research)

2001

Dr. Seanna Minnett

2002

Dr. Amed Shaker

Give a general description of your Fellowship training program

The UoA offers two options for a sport medicine fellowship.  The Glen Sather Sport Medicine Clinic (GSSMC) offers a 1 year primary care sport medicine fellowship with emphasis on clinical sport medicine.  The fellow is mentored by 9 primary care, 5 orthopedic and 1 physiatry sport medicine physician.  Deadline for application to the GSSMC fellowship is December 31st.  The GSSMC fellowship can be extended to 2 years with completion of an MSc or MA.  A sport medicine fellowship is also offered through the family medicine program with a salary provided as a third year family medicine resident.  The clinical teaching and learning experience for the R3 fellowship is conducted at the GSSMC and is the same as the learning experience provided by the GSSMC felllowship.  Application deadline for this R3 program is December 31 and should be made through the Department of Family Medicine.

The fellow is mentored in a one-on-one teaching model with supervision.  As the fellow gains experience, he/she will be given independent clinic time and clinical teaching responsibilities.  The fellow plays a key role in the medical care of the UoA varsity athletes and assumes the role of team physician for the football and hockey teams.

What educational resources do fellows have access to (e.g. videos, medline internet searching, cochrane database online, etc)?

The fellow has full access to all U of A libraries and computer services, as well as the Orthopedic resident library at the University of Alberta Hospital.  The GSSMC is full on-line and utilizes our own electronic medical records as well as the province-wide EMR (Netcare) and digital images.  We maintain our own radiographic teaching files, as well as conference preceedings, CD-ROM's, sport medicine text books and journals.

What audiovisual services do you have available for the fellow?

The GSSMC has access to all the U of A audiovisual services.  The clinic has audio-visual teleconferencing abilities and is computerized and online. 

Describe the academic activities of the fellow.

Besides the clinical expectations and varsity game coverage, the fellow is expected to organize and participate in the clinic’s Journal Club (PT and MD’s).  Monthly, a sport medicine topic is reviewed and presented to the attending staff.  The fellow may attend rounds and lectures at the four teaching hospitals in Edmonton.

What are the on-call duties of the fellow?

The call requirements pertain to game coverage for University of Alberta varsity teams, including tournaments and play-off’s.

Describe the research responsibilities of the fellow?

The fellow is expected to present a major paper/review of topic, or undertake a research project of his/her own.  If the fellow is completing a 2 year fellowship, it is expected he/she will enroll in graduate studies at the U of A, and pursue an MSc or MA in a field of study related to sport medicine or sport sciences.

The GSSMC is a teaching clinic.  There are second-year family and emergency medicine residents, as well as physical and athletic therapy students who spend time in the clinic.  Depending on experience, the fellow may play a role in teaching the residents.  The fellow will give selected didactic lectures to undergraduate medical, athletic therapy and physical education students.

Please list all associated teaching staff

PRIMARY CARE SPORT MEDICINE: Drs. Jeff Robinson, Janet Yoneda, Connie Lebrun, Marni Wesner, Shelby Karpman, Seana Minnett, Terry de Freitas, John Clarke, Boris Boyko.

SPORT ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS: Drs. David Reid, David Otto, Rob Balyk, Frank Kortbeek, John Cinats.

PHYSIATRY: Dr. Dhiren Naidu    

PHYSICAL THERAPIST: Nancy Jette-Chisholm, Blair Shular, Ian Halworth, Heather Bredy, Ryan Williams

ATHLETIC THERAPY: Joan Matthews-White

ORTHOTIST: Jim Toller

Please list all persons who help supervise the research program (if applicable).

If the fellow is enrolled in graduate studies, a member of the academic faculty will be supervising the thesis research, along with the thesis committee.

Describe the physical environment (e.g. examination rooms, one-way mirrors, etc) in which the fellow's work?

The GSSMC is a multidisciplinary clinic that includes primary care and  orthopedic sport medicine, as well as physical therapy, athletic therapy, massage therapy, diagnostic radiology and orthotics.  There are five  medical examination rooms and 12 therapy beds in 4000 square feet  of space.   We retain our own patient film library on the premises.  The GSSMC is located in the physical education building on the University  of Alberta campus.  The fellow has access to all facilities in the building and on campus.

What administrative services do you have available for the fellow?

The clinic has full secretarial support, including in-house transcription and billing.  The clinic is fully electronic, online and paperless, utilizing electronic medical records and Netcare (web-based provincial EMR)

What is the role of your fellowship program/clinic within the University?

The GSSMC plays an integral role to the U of A varsity athletics program by providing all the medical and therapy care for the athletes, as well as teaching in the physical education and athletic therapy undergraduate classes.  As a teaching clinic, the GSSMC takes a prime role in the clinical education of sport and musculoskeletal medicine for medical students, rehabilitation medicine and athletic therapy students.  Our board of directors is comprised of the Dean’s of the Faculties of Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Education.

What arrangements do you have with other Departments within the University?

We provide the clinical sport medicine training for the family and emergency medicine residents at the University of Alberta.  We also accommodate requests from residents in other areas of specialization and other geographic locations for elective time in sport medicine.

How are the fellows evaluated?

The fellow is evaluated on an on-going basis by the preceptors he/she works with.  The fellowship should prepare the fellow to sit the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine diploma in sport medicine examination at the conclusion of the year.

How do you determine if a fellow has successfully completed the program (i.e. is it just the time spent or is there some formal evaluation)?

Successful completion of the fellowship is attained by completion of the year and success at the CASM diploma exam.  If the fellow is enrolled in a 2 year program, completion of an MSc or MA is considered successful completion of the fellowship.

What happens when there is a problem with the person taking the fellowship program?

Problems are resolved according to the policies and principles established by the University of Alberta Postdoctoral Fellows Office.

How are educational objectives updated, and how frequently?

Educational objectives are discussed at the beginning of the fellowship to outline a clinical experience that will most benefit the goals of the fellow.  These objectives and needs are evaluated on an ongoing process between the fellow and the Director.

Describe how fellows evaluate your program.

The program is evaluated by verbal and written feedback provided to the fellowship director and/or the Clinic Director.

Describe how your faculty is evaluated

Faculty are evaluated according to the policies and principles established by the University of Alberta.

What are the strengths of your program?

The strength of the GSSMC fellowship is the hands-on, one-on-one approach to learning clinical sport medicine.  The fellowship allows for the tailoring of the experience to best suit the fellows individual needs.  The GSSMC physicians’ see patients from all over northern Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC, and provides medical care to the entire spectrum of athletes, from the week-end warrior to the elite and professional athletes.  This ensures that the common as well as uncommon or unusual injuries and problems and their diagnosis and management are encountered.

The GSSMC is not the primary practice location of any of our physicians and surgeons.  As such, there is no full-time sport medicine practice conducted from the clinic.   As of April 2007, there is a full time Clinic Director (Dr. Connie Lebrun) who oversees the administration of the clinic as well as the clinical practices.  Because of the funding structure for the GSSMC fellowship ($1000/month stipend and 40% of FFS billings) some fellows may feel they need to moonlight to enhance their remuneration during the year.

Moonlighting is allowed providing all other academic and clinical duties are still met.  As an R3, the fellow's remuneration is provided entirely by the R3 salary and no split of FFS billings is provided,