The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Shona Kohlhardt @ShonaKohlhardt This year Montenegro’s picturesque city, Budva, hosted over 1,200 participants from 45 countries for the 40th World Medical and Health Games – Medigames. Bringing together like-minded people from all over the world with a passion for sports and medicine, Medigames […]
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From the streets to the pitch: the 17th Homeless World Cup
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Tom Chandy (@ChandyTom) The 17th Homeless World Cup (held in Cardiff from 27th July to 3rdAugust) welcomed 500 players from over 48 countries, all of whom have experienced social marginalisation and homelessness. Both men and women competed over 8 days in a purpose-built arena […]
Organising a student SEM Conference: 8 things you need to know!
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Shona Kohlhardt (@ShonaKohlhardt) I recently helped organise the South Yorkshire Physical Activity Symposium 2019. Here’s 8 things I learned on the way and that you need to know, if you plan on running your own student SEM conference! 1. Spark an idea and […]
Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference 2019: reflections from an early career physiotherapist aspiring for a career in SEM
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Connie Briggs @conniebriggspt Yes: I attended the Isokinetic Conference this year, worked with the SoMe team (short for social media – yes, I did learn that expression there!), and I had a blast. The theme this year was “Football Medicine Meets the Universe […]
A taster week in sports medicine
The Gait Way to Sport and Exercise Medicine – a BJSM blog series By Dr Scott Osborne @DrScottOsborne A ‘taster week’ is the opportunity for newly qualified doctors in the UK to spend up to five days gaining experience in a specialty of their choice. Having previously worked with sports medicine consultant Dr Andrew Murray (@docandrewmurray), I arranged […]