Sports and exercise medicine (SEM) clinicians embrace evidence-based practice as a means to improve quality of care, ultimately improving the overall health of the community. However, implementation and dissemination of research evidence to SEM practice encounters many barriers in different settings. SEM is well established in many developed countries,1–3 but in some African countries such as Cameroon, SEM research is ‘embryonic’ and its expansion faces many difficulties. This editorial highlights contextual challenges to conducting research and developing the field in Cameroon and recommends pathways for improvement. The relative absence of formal training programmes in SEM represents a major challenge to the expansion of SEM research in Cameroon. Contemporary curricula represent the starting point for the development of any field and guide health research.3 4 In Cameroon, the SEM curricula are not available in most existing medical schools. The University of Yaounde I offers a 2-year master’s degree in sports medicine, and a few other universities and institutes offer only a 3–5-year curriculum in general physiotherapy and/or rehabilitation with both research and sports medicine as elective teaching modules. Thus, knowledge and awareness of SEM as a clinical specialty and the methods and priorities …

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在喀麦隆扩大运动和运动医学研究：当前的挑战和定义需要什么

运动和运动医学 (SEM) 临床医生将循证实践作为提高护理质量的一种手段，最终改善社区的整体健康状况。然而，研究证据在 SEM 实践中的实施和传播在不同的环境中遇到了许多障碍。SEM 在许多发达国家已经很成熟，1-3 但在喀麦隆等一些非洲国家，SEM 研究是“胚胎”，其扩展面临许多困难。这篇社论强调了在喀麦隆开展研究和开发该领域的背景挑战，并推荐了改进途径。SEM 中相对缺乏正式培训计划是喀麦隆扩大 SEM 研究的主要挑战。当代课程代表了任何领域发展的起点并指导健康研究。3 4 在喀麦隆，大多数现有的医学院都没有 SEM 课程。雅温得第一大学提供 2 年制运动医学硕士学位，而其他一些大学和研究所仅提供 3 至 5 年的普通物理治疗和/或康复课程，研究和运动医学作为选修教学模块。因此，SEM 作为临床专业的知识和意识以及方法和优先事项…… 其他一些大学和研究所仅提供 3-5 年的普通物理治疗和/或康复课程，研究和运动医学作为选修教学模块。因此，SEM 作为临床专业的知识和意识以及方法和优先事项…… 其他一些大学和研究所仅提供 3-5 年的普通物理治疗和/或康复课程，研究和运动医学作为选修教学模块。因此，SEM 作为临床专业的知识和意识以及方法和优先事项……