<p>If one were to go to med school</p>
<p>You do not pick your medical specialty until the end of 3rd year. That being said, “sports medicine” is a broad field with different types/paths (see post 6: <a href=“Pre-Med major, Athletic Training vs Biology - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums”>Pre-Med major, Athletic Training vs Biology - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>Which one are you referring to?</p>
<p>I pretty much want to be a team doctor. Or do medical research for a league.</p>
<p>Team orthopedic surgeon? Team rehab doc? Team neurologist? Standby EM doc on sidelines in case of serious or critcal injury?</p>
<p>All of those are team doctors. Sports leagues generally don’t sponsor medical research.</p>
<p>I guess I have some research to do. But in general do you guys know how the career prospects are?</p>
<p>The people doing the NFL concussion research for example are not employed by the NFL. They are generally employed by universities and the NFL funds the research. Then of course there are equipment companies that have their own scientists or again contract with university professors. Those people are usually PhDs though.</p>
<p>Professional team physician specifically has a poor outlook. There are what, ~100-150 professional sports teams in the country? They certainly don’t have much turnover and they only take the absolute best/most renowned. They also are usually not full time employed by the team and also maintain a hospital affiliation/practice on the side.</p>
<p>Career prospects as a physician in general are good though.</p>