The Sport Concussion Education Project. A brief report on an educational initiative: from concept to curriculum

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Paul S. Echlin M.D.1, Andrew M. Johnson Ph.D.2, Jeffrey D. Holmes Ph.D.3, Annalise Tichenoff B.H.Sc.2, Sarah Gray M.Ed.4, Heather Gatavackas M.Ed.4, Joanne Walsh B.A., B.Ed., O.C.T.4, Tim Middlebro B.Sc., B.Ed.4, Angelique Blignaut B.A.4, Martin MacIntyre B.Sc.4, Chris Anderson4, Eli Fredman B.A.5, Michael Mayinger5,6, Elaine N. Skopelja M.L.S.7, Takeshi Sasaki M.D.5, Sylvain Bouix Ph.D.5, Ofer Pasternak Ph.D.5, Karl G. Helmer Ph.D.8, Inga K. Koerte M.D.5,9,6, Martha E. Shenton Ph.D.5,9,10, and Lorie A. Forwell M.Sc.P.T.12,11
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  • 1 Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic and
  • | 4 Halton District Board of Education, Burlington; Schools of
  • | 2 Health Studies,
  • | 3 Occupational Therapy, and
  • | 12 Physical Therapy and
  • | 11 Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada;
  • | 5 Departments of Psychiatry and
  • | 9 Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School;
  • | 8 Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston;
  • | 10 VA Boston Healthcare System, Brockton, Massachusetts;
  • | 7 School of Medicine Library, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; and
  • | 6 Institute for Clinical Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany
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Volume 121: Issue 6
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https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.8.JNS132804
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Current research on concussion is primarily focused on injury identification and treatment. Prevention initiatives are, however, important for reducing the incidence of brain injury. This report examines the development and implementation of an interactive electronic teaching program (an e-module) that is designed specifically for concussion education within an adolescent population. This learning tool and the accompanying consolidation rubric demonstrate that significant engagement occurs in addition to the knowledge gained among participants when it is used in a school curriculum setting.

Abbreviations used in this paper:

CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HCEP = Hockey Concussion Education Project; TBI = traumatic brain injury.

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Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to: Paul Echlin, M.D., Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic, 1100 Walkers Line, Ste. 102, Burlington, ON L7N 2G3, Canada. email: psechlin@gmail.com.

Please include this information when citing this paper: published online October 3, 2014; DOI: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS132804.

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