Zurich, Jan 28, 2016: With the support of some of the most recognized international experts in sports medicine, FIFA is launching a new initiative to help disseminate the latest knowledge in sports science and improve the care of players around the globe. The FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine is a free online course, accessible to all and also designed to help clinicians learn how to diagnose and manage common football-related injuries and illnesses.
“The diploma provides an easily accessible method to disseminate the knowledge that the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC) has gained over the past 22 years. For instance, by raising the awareness of the FIFA 11+ programme alone, we may be able to reduce the incidence of football-related injury by up to 50%,” says Dr Mark Fulcher, the New Zealand team doctor and editor-in-chief of the project.
“For me, it is an opportunity to transmit my accumulated ideas and knowledge in football medicine to my colleagues around the world in a very easy and understandable framework,” says FC Barcelona team doctor Ricard Pruna.
“In Germany, we are lucky to have a well-developed sports medicine system with a considerable number of specialized centres. But this is not true in most countries of the world. I would be very happy if we could successfully transfer some useful knowledge to less privileged countries,” adds Prof. Tim Meyer, the team doctor of the current FIFA World Cup Champions Germany.
“F-MARC is proud to offer another milestone project to translate research results and evidence to optimise the care of football players at all levels of the sport and prevent some of the adverse effects of the game, such as injuries, sudden cardiac death and doping. We want to show too that the game can be used as a health-enhancing leisure activity, as proven by the Copenhagen Group under the lead of Prof. Peter Krustrup and Jens Bangsbo,” concludes Prof. Jiri Dvorak, chairman of F-MARC and FIFA Chief Medical Officer. —- FIFA
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