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Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians

AbbreviationACSEP
Formation1985
Legal statusNon-profit
PurposeEducation, training, standards and advocacy of sports physicians
HeadquartersMelbourne, Victoria
Location
  • Australia
Region served
Australia and New Zealand
Membership
Doctors
President
Dr Mark Fulcher
Staff
8
Websitewww.acsep.org.au

The Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) is a not-for-profit professional organisation responsible for training, educating, and representing over 350 doctors in Australia and New Zealand.[1] These doctors practise medicine in the specialty of sport and exercise medicine (SEM). The ACSEP is the smallest of the 15 recognised specialist medical Colleges in Australia[2][3][4] with approximately 260 Fellows and Registrars in 2020.[5] Australia and New Zealand, along with the UK, have been cited as pioneer countries in the establishment of SEM as a stand-alone specialty.[6]

  1. ^ ACSEP. 2019: Year in Review
  2. ^ "Our Members". Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ Llewellyn, Anthony (5 February 2019). "A Guide to the Specialist Medical Colleges". Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Medical Specialties and Specialty Fields". www.medicalboard.gov.au. Medical Board of Australia. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Year in Review 2020 - Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians". www.acsep.org.au. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ^ Carrard, Justin; Azevedo, Ana Morais; Gojanovic, Boris; Edouard, Pascal; Pandya, Tej; Robinson, Diana Gai; Dönmez, Gürhan; Ušacka, Laila; Stenger, Rodrigo A. Martínez; Mendonça, Luciana De Michelis; Thornton, Jane; Silva, Miguel Reis e; Schneider, Isabel; Zwerver, Johannes; Jederström, Moa (1 March 2023). "Sport and exercise medicine around the world: global challenges for a unique healthcare discipline". BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 9 (1): e001603. doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2023-001603. hdl:10067/1968010151162165141. ISSN 2055-7647.