The Division of Sports Medicine provides opportunities in the clinical, research, and educational components of sports medicine and exercise science. The evolution of sports medicine into a medical specialty has paralleled a boom in sports participation at all age levels, and findings that regular phyical exercise helps to prevent and treat numerous medical conditions. The mission of the Division of Sports MEdicine is to develop academic distinction in the ultidisciplinary field of sports meicine through excellence in education, research, patient care, and community service.
The division provides sports medicine education for medical students, residents, and sports medicine fellows. Educational opportunities may also be offered to sudents in kinesiology, exercise physiology, athletic training, and physical therapy, The division engages in collaborative research among the multidisciplinary fields of sports medicine in such areas such as sports injury management and prevention, musculoskeletal basic science, physical therapy and rehabilitation, ercercise physiology, wellness and preventive medicne, nutrition, sports psychology, epidemiology, and complementary medicine.
The division provides clinical services including sports medicine, athletic team medical care, orthopaedic surgery, sports physical therapy and rehabiliatition, sports psychology, and nutrition. The division also serves as a resource for the dissemination of sports medicine and exercise science-related information for the University and the state of Hawai'i.
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