Prof. Roald Bahr is a world-renowned name in Sports Medicine. He is a member of the IOC medical committee and a Professor in Sports Medicine. He acts as the Head of the Aspetar Sports Injury & Illness Prevention Programme and also Chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center at the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences. Prof. Bahr’s main research area is the prevention of injury and illness in athletes, and has published more than 200 papers and book chapters. He was speaking at the IOC Advanced Team Physician Course in Doha, Qatar when BJSM caught up with him. In this podcast, Dr Liam West (@Liam_West) poses questions that see Prof. Bahr take listeners through various Return To Play (RTP) frameworks and how we should be willing to accept risk during the RTP period. Relevant Reading: Creighton DW, Shrier I, Shultz R, et al. Return-to-play in sport: a decision-based model. Clin J Sport Med 2010;20:379–85. http://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/Abstract/2010/09000/Return_to_Play_in_Sport__A_Decision_based_Model.12.aspx Herring SA, Kibler WB, Putukian M. The team physician and the return-to-play decision: a consensus statement-2012 update. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2012;44:2446–8. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/23160348 Shrier I, Safai P, Charland L. Return to play following injury: whose decision should it be? Br J Sports Med 2014:48:394-401 http://bjsm.bmj.com/search?submit=yes&y=0&fulltext=risk%20management&x=0&FIRSTINDEX=10 IOC Sports Medicine Diploma – http://www.iocsportsmedicine.com/ IOC Sports Nutrition Diploma - http://www.sportsoracle.com/Nutrition/Home/ https://twitter.com/bjsm_bmj https://www.facebook.com/BJSM.BMJ https://plus.google.com/+BJSMVideos/posts BJSM App iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bjsm/id943071687?mt=8 Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodbarber.bjsm

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