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WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER PAPERS AT A GLANCE<br />
Time Session Title Presenter Room Paper<br />
Wednesday 21 October<br />
1700-1800 Plenary Keynote Lessons learned in 30 years of Sports Medicine Dr Peter Brukner MacArthur’s<br />
Ballroom<br />
1 Lessons learned in 30 years of Sports Medicine<br />
Peter Brukner OAM, MBBS, FACSP, FASMF • Professor of Sports Medicine, La Trobe University, Melbourne • Australian Cricket Team Doctor<br />
Thirty three years ago when I returned to Australia from a few years working in the UK, I wanted to pursue my interest in sports<br />
medicine. At the time, there was virtually no-one working in full time sports medicine practice, team doctors were very part time,<br />
there was no formal post-graduate qualification in sports medicine, and no way of distinguishing those with any experience in<br />
sports medicine from those with none.<br />
I started work in general practice, did the part time RACGP/ASMF course and gradually developed a sports medicine practice.<br />
Five years later I decided to try full time sports medicine and give it a go for 6 months. In the space of a few years a number of multi-disciplinary<br />
sports medicine centres were established, full time sports medicine practice became quite common, a College was formed to oversee training and<br />
qualifications in sports medicine, commitment as a team doctor in professional sport went from after hours to part time to full time, university<br />
positions were established, Olympic teams positions for sports doctors expanded dramatically, and the public became increasingly aware that there<br />
was a group of knowledgeable, experienced health professionals with expertise in sports medicine.<br />
In that time, there have been lots of lessons learned by myself and others and I would like to share some of those with you.<br />
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2 • 2015 ASICS Sports Medicine Australia Conference