Research on cardiovascular screening during pre-participation physical evaluations (PPE)

As the head Team Physician at the University of Arizona, I occasionally am asked to do some research. As part of the PAC-12 Athletic Conference, I've been asked to participate in a research project sponsored by the University of Washington. Basically the project involves extracting data from the sports physicals of U of A athletes and then uploading the information to the REDcap database. I am recruiting any students looking to participate in research.  A brief description of the project is below. Thank you for your time.

The University of Washington (UW) is looking to do research on cardiovascular screening during pre-participation physical evaluations (PPE).  A number of schools in the Pacific- 12 conference, including the University of Arizona, are participating in the subject.
At this time, the American Heart Association feels the best way to perform these sports physical evaluations is to perform a comprehensive history and physical exam (H&P) on athletes prior to their participation. In Europe and other parts of the world, the recommended evaluation includes the addition of an electrocardiogram (ECG) to the H&P. UW has asked all participating member institutions to extract data from individual athlete's PPEs and upload it to a database. The data will be evaluated and the hope is that the data will help develop best practices on how to best perform these evaluations, including whether the ECG should be added to the PPE of athletes in the United States. 

There is money available to those who participate in the research, though the remuneration at this time is still being determined. Since it took a long time for this to clear the IRB, we are now in somewhat of a "time crunch" and are moving rapidly on this. We need the data of 1000 athletes extracted, so if you are aware of any students who would be interested in participating in this study please forward my e-mail to them. Thank you in advance. 
 

Donald Porter, MD
Physician, Campus Health Services
Physician, Department of Athletics
520-626-6363