- Athletic trainers frequently encounter athletes with respiratory, metabolic, skeletal, and dermatologic conditions, yet many clinicians report limited recent continuing education on updated best practices for identifying and managing these conditions in active populations. Rapid developments in asthma management guidelines, diabetes monitoring technologies, bone health awareness, and infectious skin condition protocols have created a gap between emerging evidence and routine clinical practice.
- Athletic trainers play a critical role in the early recognition, monitoring, and management of common medical conditions affecting athlete well-being. Applying current evidence-based practices for exercise-induced bronchospasm, diabetes management, bone health optimization, and dermatologic condition control can significantly improve athlete safety, reduce complications, and support optimal athletic performance.
- This program addresses the need for practical, evidence-based strategies that allow athletic trainers to recognize risk factors, implement appropriate management strategies, and facilitate safe participation for athletes with these types of conditions.
MaineGeneral Sports Medicine & Colby College Sports Medicine offers Enduring CME- Well-Being of the Athlete: Part 3
CAT A Presentation
Enduring
- Chris Lutzrykowski, MD, MaineGeneral Sports Medicine
- Stefanie Lewis, DO, Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency
- Paul Rucci, ATC, MaineGeneral Sports Medicine
Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:
• Define EIB.
• Recall diagnostic criteria for EIB and asthma.
• Perform treatment of EIB and asthma.
• Review the effect of exercise on glucose levels.
• Review signs and symptoms of hypo- and hyperglycemia and their management.
• Identify various diabetic devices used for glucose monitoring and insulin delivery.
• Identify common skin conditions athletes.
• State basic skin condition management and best treatment management in team sport/communal settings.
• Identify at risk conditions/nutrition deficits that may predispose athletes to poor bone health as well as understanding the natural cycle of bone health as we age.
• Recall basic nutritional intake to promote bone health/first lines of defense in improving bone health.
According to the education levels described by the PDC, the following continuing education course is considered to be Advanced.
Credits Awarded
CMEs awarded: 2.5
MaineGeneral Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of MaineGeneral Medical Center and Colby College. MaineGeneral Medical Center is accredited by the ACCME and the Maine Medical Association’s Committee on Continuing Medical education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation through the partnership of MaineGeneral Medical Center and Colby College Sports Medicine Department.
