Providing optimal care for active youth in Canada

  • Purcell, Laura
  • Campos, Sarah
  • Dickinson, Michael
  • Thompson, Graham
  • Jevremovic, Tatiana
Publication date
January 2022
Publisher
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada

Abstract

Sports are important activities for youth, with millions of children and adolescents participating in organized sports and recreational activities every year. Sports participation has many benefits but can also cause injuries, accounting for two-thirds of all injuries in Canadian adolescents and resulting in hundreds of thousands of medical visits annually. Despite the frequency of sports-related injuries in youth, many practising pediatricians are not comfortable managing these issues, citing a lack of teaching and clinical exposure during training.  Many studies have found deficits in musculoskeletal (MSK) and sport and exercise medicine (SEM) training in residency programs in North America, including Canadian pediatric residency programs...

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