#  Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine Fellowship Program Education & Curriculum 

##  Education 

- Exposure to acute, sub-acute and chronic musculoskeletal and spine pathology
- Assessment & Management of Spine and Neuromuscular Pain
- Opportunity to learn fluoroscopically-guided spinal injections under direct attending supervision at scheduled clinics
- Depending on the skill progress of each fellow, opportunity to do more complex procedures as appropriate:
    - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar epidural injections
    - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar selective nerve injections
    - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar facet joint injections
    - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar medial branch blocks
    - Sacroiliac joint injections
    - Intraarticular hip, knee, and shoulder injections
    - Facet procedures (including radiofrequency neurotomy)
    - Lumbar, thoracic and cervical discography and intradiscal therapeutic procedures
    - Tenotomies
    - Percutaneous Disc Decompression
    - Spinal cord stimulation
    - Vertiflex/Superion Indirect Decompression
    - Intracept Basivertabral Nerve Ablation
    - Botox injections
    - Vertebroplasy/Kyphoplasty
    - Arthrograms and Myelograms
    - Interpretation of MRI, CT and plain films
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Opportunity to learn ultrasound guided injections under direct attending supervision at scheduled clinics
- Advanced electrodiagnostic skills
- Concussion Clinic
- Sports Team Coverage
    - Local High Schools and Colleges
    - Opportunity for an away elective
- Opportunity for conference time (i.e. spinal procedure didactic conference such as AAPM&R, NASS, SIS, etc.)
- Management of general musculoskeletal/pain disorders and pain conditions.
- Orthopaedic Urgent Care coverage

##  Patient Care 

Each fellow is required to participate in:

- Outpatient clinics both independently and directly supervised by attending
- Procedure clinics directly supervised by attending
- Electrodiagnostic examinations both independently and directly supervised by an attending
- Concussion clinics
- Promptly return patient-related phone calls and correspondence
- Orthopaedic Urgent Care

##  Academics and Networking 

Past and current fellows are encouraged to attend our Biennial OSS Health Fellowship Updates in Spine and Musculoskeletal Care conferences. Past meetings have been held in:

- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Snowbird, Utah
- Tucson, Arizona
- Jekyll Island, Georgia

Future, current and past fellows share an invitation only group email communication for clinical discussions, employment opportunities and other resources. Our fellows become part of a lifetime networking.

##  Research 

- 5-10% of time for academics
- Adopt and work on a significant musculoskeletal research project
- Write a publishable chapter or article

##  Teaching 

Each fellow is expected to:

- Organize journal clubs
- Teach and supervise residents and medical students on rotation