Table 3

Optional SEM teachings in the Swiss undergraduate medical curricula

University	Optional SEM course	Topics	Lecturers	Opened to	Capacity	Frequency	Duration
Basel	No
Bern	Yes	Exercise medicine Sport and altitude Concussion in sport Sports traumatology Exercise physiology Exercise testing and training recommendation Sports cardiology Exercise and diabetes Exercise and children Exercise and women Imagery in SEM Exercise dyspnoea Doping and anti-doping Athlete care Prehospital emergency in SEM	SEM doctors (cardiologists, orthopaedic surgeon, general physician, anaesthesiologist) Cardiologists Neurologist Paediatrician Radiologist Endocrinologist Gynaecologist	Sixth year students	Up to 20 students	Once a year	8×1 hour 30 min
Fribourg	No
Geneva	Yes	Exercise biochemistry Exercise and ageing Sports cardiology Endurance testing and training Sports traumatology Injury prevention and sports physiotherapy Core stability Strength testing and training	SEM doctor (physiatrist, cardiologist) Physiologist Sports physiotherapists Sports scientist	Second to third year students	Up to 12 students	Once a year	10×3 hours
Lausanne	Yes	Exercise Medicine Exercise and diabetes Molecular adaptation to exercise Training principle Hypoxia training Exercise testing Pre-participation screening Sports medicine on the field Return to sport Exercise and children Exercise and women RED-S syndrome Exercise in extreme conditions Sports psychology Doping and anti-doping Taping Gait analysis	SEM doctors (physiatrists, orthopaedic surgeons) Sports scientists Sports physiotherapists Endocrinologist Internist Doping specialist Sports psychologist	Third to fourth year students	Up to 20 students	Once a year	12×3 hours
Neuchâtel	No
ETH Zürich	No
Zurich	Yes	Exercise physiology The job of a sports doctor Pre-participation screening Sports cardiology and pulmonology Altitude and scuba diving Exercise is Medicine Exercise and children Exercise and women Infection and sport Concussion in sport MSK examination Sports traumatology Imagery in SEM Doping and anti-doping Sport nutrition Sports psychology Prehospital emergency in SEM	SEM doctors (cardiologist, orthopaedic surgeon, paediatrician) Traumatologist Radiologist Sports psychologist Epidemiologist	Second to fourth year students	Up to 20 students	Twice a year	7×4 hours

MSK, musculoskeletal; RED-S, Relative energy deficiency in sport; SEM, Sports and exercise medicine.