Introduction to Sports Medicine

1.Explain the role of the sports doctor and sports medicine in the health care system, the model of cooperation with other specialities and sports support staff, basic principles for the provision of medical assistance in competition/training environment: the need for risk assessments, medical security plans, medical team roles, equipment and documentation.

2.Explain the physiological basics of exercise and clinically relevant risk factors for a physically active patient/athlete by determining the clinical relevance of functional indicators and simple functional tests and the relationship to fitness and work capacity.

3.Justifies the basic principles of exercise recommendation (FITT, progression, safety limitations, monitoring), typical clinical scenes and baseline management of the most frequent sports injuries and congestion complaints, physical activity-specific medical conditions and principles of their initial action (e.g. heat diseases, dehydration, load respiratory problems).

4.The basic principles for restoring functional and work capacity (rehabilitation) after an injury or illness, including basic issues of sports pharmacology, shall be analysed: effects of the most common drug groups on load tolerance, safety, adverse reactions and interactions in a physically active patient, as well as basic anti-doping principles, physician responsibility, risk situations (prescription drugs, supplements).

1.Knows how to obtain a targeted sports/activity history and perform a landmark clinical evaluation on a physically active patient/athlete, identify and reasonably decide on the need for referrals/examinations.

2.Analyze commonly used functional parameters (e.g. HR, RPE, blood pressure under load) and results of simple functional tests in a clinical context by developing individualized load recommendations (FITT), defining progression, safety limitations, and monitoring criteria.

3.Apply appropriate treatment tactics to the most common sports injuries and congestion complaints (differential diagnosis, first aid/acute management steps, referral criteria) by analysing sports-specific medical conditions and applying initial action algorithms (e.g. heat disease, dehydration, load-induced respiratory problems), as well as formulate the basic principles of the functional/work capacity recovery plan after injury or illness and define return criteria in simple clinical cases.

4.Advise patient on drug safety during exercise (risks, cautions, interactions) and on anti-doping risks (including supplements, TUEs).

5.Develop a competitive medical provision plan for a specific event (risk assessment, personnel, equipment, communication, escalation) and apply priority action to emergency situations in a competitive environment, following algorithms and escalation criteria (colapse, sudden cardiac arrest/AED, severe injury, heat disease).

1.Able to integrate sports medicine and “load-dosing” approaches into patient care by choosing a safe and appropriate exercise for prevention and treatment.

2.Able to make clinically sound decisions on load safety, return to activity/sport and the need to involve other specialists based on risk stratification and hazard recognition.

3.Be able to cooperate with a multidisciplinary sports medicine team through clear communication of limitations, recommendations and a care plan for the patient/athlete and the parties involved.

4.Manage and ensure patient safety in the sports environment by applying the principles of organisation of competition medical assistance and behavioural algorithms in emergency situations.

5.Able to respect the principles of professional responsibility and ethics in sports pharmacology and anti-doping (safety, information, documentation).