Resident & Medical Student Rotations
Readings for your rotation are below. Rotation expectations and your schedule will be sent to you via email 1-2 weeks before your start date. Please contact Eva (eva@sparcctucson.com) if you have not received this.
Please fill out the Rotation Feedback Form at the end of your rotation!
Required Readings
These readings are required and cover the high-yield topics that will be important when you are in the clinic. You are expected to have completed these readings on your first day.
Sports Medicine Rotation
Generally speaking, concussion/TBI are the most common cases we see followed by pediatric overuse injuries, pediatric fractures, and a variety of other musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries.
**Past residents & students have recommended watching the Concussion Exam video playlist first. Videos are also below
Required Readings Sports Medicine Rotation
- 5th Consensus on Concussion in Sport
- VOMS Assessment
- VOMS Instructions
- Concussion Management Algorithm
- Primary Care Pediatric Sports Medicine
Recommended Readings Sports Medicine Rotation
Suggested Resources
These readings are not required, but are good supplemental resources.
- MSK Exam
- Saphenous Nerve Entrapment – handout for adductor canal syndrome, with entrapment of the saphenous nerve… a not so uncommon source of knee pain
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Rotation
In this rotation, you will primarily see ultrasound guided injection and ultrasound diagnostics for musculoskeletal injuries.
You will have the opportunity to see concussion patients with Dr. Minor, so watching our VOMS and other concussion exam videos on youtube is highly recommended.
Suggested Resources
These readings are not required, but are good supplemental resources.
- Saphenous Nerve Entrapment – handout for adductor canal syndrome, with entrapment of the saphenous nerve… a not so uncommon source of knee pain
