Glen Hagemann on his term as President of the South African Sports Medicine Association

In this podcast Glen Hagemann, a sports physician from Durban, South Africa, shares with you his two-year experience and lessons learned as President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA). One of the highlights of his presidency was the 15th Biennial SASMA congress held recently at the Wild Coast Sun, and for those of you who are interested in viewing the presentations, please click on https://www.dropbox.com/l/HcISe1tlrMdfzl8PioTiGb/invite to download these. Keynote speakers such as Bob Sallis, Ann Cools, Peter Brukner, Babette Pluim and Michael Turner were integral to the success of the event. During this congress, The Sharks won South Africa's premier rugby competition, the Currie Cup, which immensely pleased Glen, as he oversees the medical care of the Sharks professional and Academy players at the Life Healthcare Sharks Medical Centre. Glen is an Executive Committee member of SASMA and Exercise is Medicine (South Africa) and discusses the specific challenges facing this movement in South Africa, and the role of SASMA in helping to overcome these obstacles. For more information on SASMA and Exercise is Medicine (South Africa) please see www.sasma.org.za. Finally, he explains why social media are a "must" for all health professionals in sports and exercise medicine. See also: Why some Africans stand out in a crowd: BokSmart for injury prevention and other SASMA-related jewels: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/46/8/543.full SASMA: happy to be ‘hip’, wary of being too ‘hip happy’: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/14/1071.full How BJSM embraces the power of social media to disseminate research: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/8/680.full SASMA Wins (3rd year in a row) – Best BJSM Cover: http://blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/2014/03/31/sasma-wins-3rd-year-in-a-row-best-bjsm-cover/