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Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness Mission and Vision Statements

Mission
The Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness will support and encourage optimal and safe physical activity in the pediatric population and ensure that pediatric providers are prepared to provide the highest level of sports medicine guidance and care for their patients.

Vision
The Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness is to be viewed as the leader in the provision of sports medicine care for youth in order to maximize health-related physical fitness, physical activity and the benefits of sport for all children and adolescents.

Vision Concepts
The Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness will reach pediatricians, health care practitioners, allied health professionals, as well as coaches, parents, and children through the development of

  • educational programs,
  • policy statements and reports,
  • resident education,
  • collaborative partnerships,
  • media outreach,
  • advocacy work,
  • awards to support and encourage research, and implementation projects.

 

Objectives for the Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness

Programmatic Objectives

  • Promote Healthy Active Living.
  • Enhance awareness of use and risks of performance enhancing substances and promote healthy alternatives.
  • Improve recognition, treatment, and prevention of sports related brain injury(concussion).
  • Develop resources and guidelines to assist all youth sports venues with disaster preparedness plans including automated external defibrillators.

Operational Objectives

  • Implement mechanism to improve membership participation in merged entities activities.
  • Implement mechanism to improve Chapter relations.
  • Formalize collaborative relationships with National and International sports medicine organizations to advocate for youth.
  • Review possible continuing medical education topics and speakers.

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