EPISODE · Apr 21, 2015 · 13 MIN
A radical clinic for care of patients with knee injuries
from BJSM Podcast · host BMJ Group
Meryl Wheeler goes by the name of “non-physician expert” and she explains that after an injury a patient books online, sees an athletic therapist especially trained for this setting, before closing with a sports physician consultation. Patients who needed a surgeon got an operation 5 months earlier in this system than in Canada’s regular publicly funded one. Food for thought? Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/calgary-knee-clinic-delivers-quicker-cheaper-elite-level-care/article4180511/ The Canadian Academy of Sport & Exercise Medicine is a BJSM member society - casem-acmse.org/
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Meryl Wheeler goes by the name of “non-physician expert” and she explains that after an injury a patient books online, sees an athletic therapist especially trained for this setting, before closing with a sports physician consultation. Patients who needed a surgeon got an operation 5 months earlier in this system than in Canada’s regular publicly funded one. Food for thought? Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/calgary-knee-clinic-delivers-quicker-cheaper-elite-level-care/article4180511/ The Canadian Academy of Sport & Exercise Medicine is a BJSM member society - casem-acmse.org/
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