RCSI Sports & Exercise Medicine

⚠️SEM Subcommittee Application Deadline has been extended until Friday, June 3! ⚠️ Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to join SEM in the 2022-2023 academic year!

RCSI’s Sports and Exercise Medicine Subcommittee Applications for the 2022-2023 academic year are now open!

Check out the link in our bio to apply! Applications close on Friday, May 27th.

Join SEM and RCSI’s VisABILITY Programme for our upcoming event, A Spotlight on Paralympics & Adaptive Sport!
We will be featuring two incredible speakers: Dr. Martin McConaghy, Sports Medicine Physician & Chief Medical Officer of Paralympics Ireland, and Britney Arendse, an Irish powerlifter champion and Paralympian!

This event will be taking place on Thursday, April 14th at 6:00 PM on MSTeams. We hope to see you there 🎉

In collaboration with CARA Sport Inclusion Ireland, the RCSI VisABILITY Programme is hosting a Sport Inclusion & Disability Awareness Training Workshop on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 6:30 PM.

This workshop is designed for future healthcare professionals to raise awareness around people with disabilities while addressing how we can support and guide their participation in community sport and physical activity.

On completion of the course, all attendees will receive a Cara Certificate of Participation endorsed by Sport Ireland!

Pre-register here or in the link in our bio! https://forms.gle/eFM2aUPvYb7vx7DF6

First event of 2022!! Join the RCSI SEM committee for an interactive educational workshop hosted by Dr. Rebecca Gould from Moving Medicine about exercise prescription and its importance in everyday medical practice. Learn from an expert in Sports and Exercise Medicine about this topic and engage in case discussions to learn techniques you can use in your future practice to appropriately prescribe exercise for different conditions, including physical and mental health. We hope you join us for this incredible workshop! Certificates to be offered if in attendance. Link to the MS Teams in bio!

You are the doctor in charge of the medical tent at the City Marathon. There has been a record turnout, and uncharacteristically for Ireland, it’s a sunny, roasting day. For the first couple of hours of the race, you and the first-aiders treat some blisters, sprains and even a case or two of sun-burn.

The first patient brought to the majors area arrives two hours into the race, by which stage the sun is blazing. They are weak and mumbling incoherently with red warm skin. The medical team measures their temperature at 40.5 C

You are the doctor in charge of the medical tent at the City Marathon. There has been a
record turnout, and uncharacteristically for Ireland, it’s a sunny, roasting day. For the first couple of hours of the race, you and the first-aiders treat some blisters, sprains and even a case or two of sun-burn.
The first patient brought to the majors area arrives two hours into the race, by which stage the sun is blazing. They are weak and mumbling incoherently with red warm skin. The medical team measures their temperature at 40.5 C.

The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine is hosting this amazing event next weekend!

We’ve arranged a discount for students- all you have to do is register via the QR code on the poster, and send your booking confirmation to [email protected] to get your discount!

This is a great event and not one to be missed!

🏐Our Second Vignette 🏐

A 25 year old Gaelic football player sustains an accidental elbow blow to her left zygomatic while contesting a high ball.

She reports left orbital pain and ipsilateral cheek numbness. O/E she has left limited upward gaze and an ipsilateral nose bleed. GCS 15/15.

👨‍⚕️ Our case vignettes are back!! 👩‍⚕️

A 13 year old male rugby player presents with intense anterior knee pain during running, jumping and squatting. His tibial tuberosity is swollen and tender to touch. His Mother reports that he has just had a significant growth spurt. Most likely diagnosis is?

Last but not least, we got our Co-Presidents and VP! 🤴🏻👸🏼🤴🏻