Developing a new specialty – sport and exercise medicine in the UK

Sports physicians have existed since ancient times. However as a recognised specialty, sports medicine is a relatively new discipline and even today very few countries have formal postgraduate training programmes which allow doctors to pursue a career in this discipline. This paper outlines the deve...

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Autor principal: Cullen, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2010
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3781848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198537
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description Sports physicians have existed since ancient times. However as a recognised specialty, sports medicine is a relatively new discipline and even today very few countries have formal postgraduate training programmes which allow doctors to pursue a career in this discipline. This paper outlines the development of sport and exercise medicine in the United Kingdom, describing the journey leading to specialty recognition in 2005 and the progress being made towards establishing it as an integral component of the National Health Service in the 21st century.
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spelling pubmed-37818482013-11-06 Developing a new specialty – sport and exercise medicine in the UK Cullen, Michael Open Access J Sports Med Perspectives Sports physicians have existed since ancient times. However as a recognised specialty, sports medicine is a relatively new discipline and even today very few countries have formal postgraduate training programmes which allow doctors to pursue a career in this discipline. This paper outlines the development of sport and exercise medicine in the United Kingdom, describing the journey leading to specialty recognition in 2005 and the progress being made towards establishing it as an integral component of the National Health Service in the 21st century. Dove Medical Press 2010-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3781848/ /pubmed/24198537 Text en © 2010 Cullen, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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