Product Description
American Medical Seminars, Inc. Orthopedics and Sports Medicine for Primary Care – Day 4
Recorded Dates: 12/4/2025
Original Release Date: July 1, 2026
Expiration Date: July 1, 2029
Presenting Faculty: Laurel Rudolph; Walter Taylor;
Can I Take This Medication?: Doping Considerations When Prescribing to Athletes
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Review concepts regarding anti-doping in athletes with respect to WADA, USADA, NCAA
- Identify on-line reputable sources to check if a medication is banned in an athlete’s sport
- Develop strategies to utilize a TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) application
- Review common medications that are banned or have restricted use in athletes
The Forgotten Large Organ: Common Dermatological Conditions in Athletes
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Diagnose and manage skin conditions common in athletes
- Review skin conditions commonly found in specific sports.
- Utilize the “return-to-play” guidelines defined by various sports organizations in the United States, such as the National Federation of High schools (NFHS) and the National Collegiate athletics Association (NCAA).
- Recommend prevention strategies that may be employed to thwart the spread of certain
- dermatologic conditions common in sports.
Beyond the X-ray
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Review the methodology of basic x-ray interpretation of bones & joints utilizing the Rule of Two guidelines
- Recognize the often “atypical” presentation of bony pathology in adolescent athletes-Case Studies
- Review additional case studies in athletes and young adults with atypical imaging findings
RED-S. Relative energy deficiency syndrome.
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- Define common terms used in defining REDs
- Review the 2023 IOC consensus statement on REDs
- Compare the characteristics of OTS (Overtraining syndrome) and REDs (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport)
Fatigue in Athletes
Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to:
- The participant will be able to discuss the differential diagnosis of fatigue in the elite athlete
- The participant will be able to discuss the work up of the athlete with fatigue
- The participant will be able to discuss the role of iron deficiency in the athlete with fatigue
- The participant will be able to list some of the health outcomes of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
- The participant will be able to discuss the concepts of over-reaching versus overtraining in the athlete
