Medicine

The department of Sports Medicine contributes to the development and performance of Australia’s high performance athletes by providing a high-quality sports medicine service to Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship holders, national team members and visiting athletes.

AIS sports physicians consult with athletes who have a medical problem or injury, or who wish to discuss aspects of injury and illness prevention.

Registered nurses assist sports physicians where necessary and are responsible for dressing injuries, providing immunisations, taking blood and so on. They also supervise the AIS pharmacy.

The Sports Medicine department works closely with other areas of Sports Science Sports Medicine to deliver integrated support services to AIS programs.

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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