Sports Medicine Course for doctors

The Medical Committee of National Olympic Committee with the collaboration of the Department of Sports Development, Ministry of Sports will conduct a sports medicine course for doctors on September 26 at the NOC Auditorium, Olympic House.

This is the first certified course to be conducted by the NOC and will consist of six hours of instruction, and would carry CME credits for doctors who wish to follow other formal Sports Medicine courses in Sri Lanka. The aim of the course is to emphasize the Principles of Sports Medicine needed for aspiring doctors, to serve the medical needs of athletes in schools, clubs, sports federations and National pools.

The Lecturers at the course will be doctors from the NOC Medical Committee and Consultants of the NOC Medical Expert Advisory Panel, and include well recognized university lecturers in sports medicine, namely Professor Rohan Jayasekara, Dr. Lalith Wijayaratne, Dr. Narendra Pinto, Dr. C.Thurairaja, Dr. H. J. Suraweera, Dr. Aranjan Karunanayake, Dr. Asela Ratnayake and Dr. Seevali Jayawickrame.

Registration forms are available at the Olympic House, NOC, Colombo and the fee is Rs. 750.

Dr. C. Thurairaja is the chairman NOC Medical Committee who will be assisted by Dr. Shiromi Pilapitiya of the Ministry of Sports.