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The IU Motorsports Medicine Fellowship gives trainees a chance to specialize in everything a doctor might see while working with a motorsports team.

The program teaches the fellow about high velocity crash injuries, but they also manage primary care and injury prevention for these teams.

A fellow is a fully qualified doctor that has completed their required residency training. Working as a fellow is extra subspecialized training that allows better opportunities for a doctor in the future.

The team of doctors tackle the obvious, high velocity, and ultra high velocity crash injuries, but they also handle injury prevention and sit on safety panels to reduce serious injuries.

IU is increasing the amount of highly specialized motorsports doctors with this program.

These doctors work a lot with IndyCar, but get a chance to learn about other motorsports disciplines.

The program coordinates with multiple motorsports series, which gives the fellow a chance to travel with the teams and get as much real-world experience as possible.

The one-year program starts at the beginning of August, which means it wraps up with the greatest spectacle in racing as one of the final learning opportunities for the fellow.

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