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Preference to sophomores. Sports medicine is the practice of clinical medicine at the interface between health and performance, competition and well-being. While sports medicine had its origins in providing care to athletes, medical advances developed in care of athletes exerted a great effect on the nature and quality of care to the broader community. Topics include sports injuries, medical conditions associated with sport and exercise, ethics, coaching, women's issues, fitness and health, and sports science. Case studies.

Open to medical and undergraduate students. Opportunity to enhance knowledge of anatomy as it pertains to the practice of Orthopaedic Surgery and to improve dissection skills. Follows the operative anatomy syllabus used by the Stanford Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. Sessions led by Stanford Orthopaedic Surgery attendings and residents. Didactic sessions, prosection review, dissection.

Students undertake investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Perspectives include orthopedic surgery, neurology, mechanical engineering, computer science, anthropology, and art. Anatomy and pathology affecting the human locomotor system. Normal function and functional deficit from disease or injury. Engineering dilemmas that assist or emulate human movement, such as design of an artificial joint or simulation of tendon transfers for nerve palsy. The expression of human movement in art masterpieces and photography. The evolution of the hand as it became an instrument of purpose. Student team projects. Lecture only for 2 units; project for 4 units.

Biological principles underlying the use of engineering strategies and biocompatible materials for tissue repair and regeneration. Structure, physiology, and mechanics of articular cartilage, bone, and dense soft connective tissues. Current ideas, approaches, and applications being implemented as therapeutic regimens for arthritis, spinal deformities, and limb salvage. Multidisciplinary constraints on the design and creation of tissue constructs. Prerequisite: familiarity with basic cell and molecular mechanisms underlying tissue differentiation.

Provides an observational experience in a surgical specialty. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.