For immediate release: May 3, 2007
Contact: Emily Wofford Cobb
Public Relations Manager
Office: 775-784-6006
ecobb@medicine.nevada.edu
School of Medicine students and residents to provide free sports physicals for Hug High School student-athletes
Pre-participation physicals to take place on May 9 at Hug High Gymnasium
RENO, Nev.—Incoming freshman and current sophomores interested in participating in Fall athletics at Hug High School will have the opportunity to receive a free pre-participation sports physical on Wednesday, May 9 at 5:30 p.m. The physical examinations, which will be held at the Hug High School Gymnasium, will be conducted by University of Nevada School of Medicine students and residents under the supervision of licensed faculty physicians.
More than 100 students are expected to receive the pre-participation sports physical which is a requirement for all students wishing to compete in high school athletics. Due to the cost normally associated with a physical examination, some students would have to forego competition if not provided the opportunity for a free exam.
Medical students participating in the Family Medicine Interest Group and Student Outreach Clinic efforts as well as Family and Community Medicine residents and physicians have volunteered their time to provide the service. In addition to providing the exams, the students have also helped distribute informational packets and flyers to more than 200 interested eighth grade students at Hug High feeder schools as well as to current sophomore athletes at Hug High.
The free sports physicals are available to incoming freshman and current sophomore athletes at Hug High School. The examinations will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9 at the Hug High School Gymnasium located at 2880 Sutro Street, Reno.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.
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