Training
CME Training: A Review and Update of Concussion Management
It is estimated that there are between 1.4 and 3.8 million sports related concussions every year in the US. Concussion management can be difficult complicated by the fact that there have been many changes in concussion science.
This 1-hour online training is designed to educate the licensed health care professional on current best practices in office based evaluation and management of sports related concussions.
University Health Services Professional Education Programs, Inc. (UHS-PEP) of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UHS-PEP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(TM) Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Diagnostic Tools
Sport Concussion Assessment Tool III (SCAT 3)
Standardized method of evaluating patient post concussion SCAT 3 was produced as part of the Summary and Agreement Statement of the International Symposium on Concussion in Sport, Zurich 2013.
CDC Resources
- Heads Up to Clinicians: Addressing Concussions in Sports among Kids and Teens includes a free online training
- Heads Up to Clinicians: Clinical Diagnosis and Management
- Heads Up: Brain Injury in Your Practice
Media Resources
- Demonstration of Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCATT II)
- Demonstration of Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)
- Educational videos on Mild traumatic brain Injury
- Part 1: Identification and diagnosis
- Part 2: Management of Mild TBI
Policy Statements
Family Medicine
- Virginia Academy of Family Physicians: Everything you need to know about concussions
- Concussion and the Team Physician: Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Pediatric Medicine
Resources
Family Medicine
- Virginia Academy of Family Physicians: Everything you need to know about concussions
- Concussion and the Team Physician: Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Pediatric Medicine