Ep 275: Shaping the leadership path in sports medicine teams, with Agnes Makowski

JOSPT Insights episodes often explore what well-functioning teams look like and how they function. Why? Well there's at least 2 important reasons:

Effective athlete centred care depends on the sports medicine, rehabilitation and performance team all co-ordinating to help the athlete get the best out of themselves.

Working in teams and leading those teams well is not about telling people what to do - it's about shaping the path and working together to achieve goals. Effective leaders shape the path and bring people along with them - they don't make it all about themselves.

Today's guest embodies those leadership qualities. Agnes Makowski is a registered International Sport Physiotherapist and has served as Chief Physiotherapy Advisor for Skate Canada since 2014. Agnes has extensive experience working in interdisciplinary teams and supporting athletes from the recreational level all the way to the pinnacle of Olympic performance. Today, Agnes shares her experiences and approaches to working in interdisciplinary teams.

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RESOURCES

Why screening tests to predict sport injury do not work: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27095747/

2022 Bern consensus on shoulder injury prevention, rehabilitation and return to sport: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2022.10952