Female Athlete Conference (June, 2017)
In-Person Event
Jun 09 - 10, 2017
Babson Park, Massachusetts, USASpeakers
OVERVIEW
Female Athlete Conference is organized by Boston Children's Hospital and would be held during June 9, 2017 at Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event basically for Orthopedics Physicians. This CME conference has been approved with a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
The 2017 Female Athlete conference is a global event designed for female athletes, coaches, trainers and anyone involved in the evaluation and management of female athletes.
In the last 40 years, the number of girls competing in high school sports increased from 295,000 to nearly 3.2 million with more women playing collegiate sports than ever before.
As girls and young women become more empowered through sports, it is important to advance research on how sex and gender differences affect their performance and overall sports experience.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• discuss the increased susceptibility and prolonged symptoms of female athletes after head impacts and evaluate potential for novel brain injury protection strategies
• list ways that body systems manifest malnutrition acutely and long-term and recognize when food and movement habits meant to promote health become unhealthy and unsafe
• describe current sports regulations regarding transgender athlete participation and discuss areas of improvement to enhance inclusion and fairness for all
• identify the signs and symptoms of chronic stress and energy deficiency and explain how treating chronic stress can improve recovering from relative energy deficiency in sport
• identify sex specific risk factors for bone stress injuries
• recognize gender differences in the reactions to sexualization of athletes
• establish a comprehensive plan for college recruitment through organization, professionalism, and communication
• describe sex-differences in ACL-reconstruction outcomes and findings from a novel bridge-enhanced ACL regeneration trial
• list the strength and flexibility challenges of the adolescent female athlete and describe a training plan to minimize common injuries
• describe various methodologies for nutritional assessment and estimating female athlete energy needs
The 2017 Female Athlete conference is a global event designed for female athletes, coaches, trainers and anyone involved in the evaluation and management of female athletes.
In the last 40 years, the number of girls competing in high school sports increased from 295,000 to nearly 3.2 million with more women playing collegiate sports than ever before.
As girls and young women become more empowered through sports, it is important to advance research on how sex and gender differences affect their performance and overall sports experience.
Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• discuss the increased susceptibility and prolonged symptoms of female athletes after head impacts and evaluate potential for novel brain injury protection strategies
• list ways that body systems manifest malnutrition acutely and long-term and recognize when food and movement habits meant to promote health become unhealthy and unsafe
• describe current sports regulations regarding transgender athlete participation and discuss areas of improvement to enhance inclusion and fairness for all
• identify the signs and symptoms of chronic stress and energy deficiency and explain how treating chronic stress can improve recovering from relative energy deficiency in sport
• identify sex specific risk factors for bone stress injuries
• recognize gender differences in the reactions to sexualization of athletes
• establish a comprehensive plan for college recruitment through organization, professionalism, and communication
• describe sex-differences in ACL-reconstruction outcomes and findings from a novel bridge-enhanced ACL regeneration trial
• list the strength and flexibility challenges of the adolescent female athlete and describe a training plan to minimize common injuries
• describe various methodologies for nutritional assessment and estimating female athlete energy needs
KEY DATES
09 Jun, 2017
Event Start Date
10 Jun, 2017
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
OrthopedicsSUGGESTED HOTELS
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