Concussion Management Recertification & Training: 2021
Concussion Management Recertification & Training: 2021
Release Date: 10/14/2021
Expiration Date: 10/1/2022
Estimated Time to Complete this Educational Activity:
Including review of any resource material and completion of the post-test, this activity is expected to take two hours to complete.
Program Agenda
Introduction
Christopher M. Bailey, PhD
More Than a Concussion: Triaging Neurological Injuries
S. Alan Hoffer, MD
Concussion Management Update
Christopher L. Tangen, DO & Susannah M. Briskin, MD
Literature Updates for the Concussion Specialist
Christopher M. Bailey, PhD
FACULTY
Christopher M. Bailey, PhD
Director, Sports Medicine Concussion Center
Director, Concussion Program
UH Neurological Institute
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Associate Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Bailey, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Susannah Briskin, MD
Co-Director, Sports Medicine Concussion Center
Division of Pediatric Sports Medicine
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Briskin, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
S. Alan Hoffer, MD
Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Center
UH Neurological Institute
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Hoffer, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Christopher Lyn Tangen, DO
Lead Concussion Care Specialist
Lead Medical Team Physician Kent State University
Associate Medical Team Physician for The Cleveland Browns
Sports Medicine Practitioner
UH Regional Medical Centers
Dr. Tangen, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Planning Committee
Cathy Sila, MD
Chair, Department of Neurology
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Sila, planner for this educational event, has served on the advisory committee for AstraZeneca, Genentech, Inc., and Coherex, Inc . The relevant financial relationship listed has been mitigated.
David Preston, MD
Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Preston, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Komal Sawlani, MD
Department of Neurology
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Sawlani, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Wei Xiong, MD
Department of Neurology
UH Cleveland Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dr. Xiong, planner for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Media: Recorded slides and audio presentation. Resource materials may include downloads of videos, print materials, slides or web pages.
Target Audience:
This program is intended for a community hospital audience including physicians, athletic trainers, and other members of the health care team that provide care to patients who have sustained concussions. Most presentations will target primary care and sports medicine physicians in clinical practice, though athletic trainers, other healthcare providers that work with patients that have sustained a concussion, office managers and administrators may also benefit from awareness and discussion of clinical initiatives and quality management issues.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity participants will be able to:
- Discuss a history and update on Concussion Management services and the Concussion Specialist at University Hospitals.
- Identify signs and symptoms that may indicate a more severe traumatic brain injury or other neurological event that requires to be urgently managed.
- Describe concussion signs, symptoms, pathophysiology, expected outcomes following concussion, and review UH Concussion Management Resources.
- Discuss recent clinically relevant publications including information regarding the use of telehealth procedures in concussion management services and SCAT5 interpretation in college athletes.
Accreditation Statement
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement
The policy of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine CME Program (CWRU CME) requires that the Activity Director, planning committee members and all activity faculty (that is, anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity) disclose to the activity participants all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Where disclosures have been made, conflicts of interest, real or apparent, must be resolved. Disclosure will be made to activity participants prior to the commencement of the activity. CWRU CME also requires that faculty make clinical recommendations based on the best available scientific evidence and that faculty identify any discussion of “off-label” or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices.
Instructions
To receive a statement of credit for up to 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM you must:
- Review and reflect on the full content of the recorded session
- Complete the evaluation
- Claim your credit
Your credits will be recorded by the CWRU CME Program and made a part of your cumulative transcript.
Fee
There is no fee for this program.
To contact the CME Provider: Email CWRU CME at medcme@case.edu
Resources
- UH Concussion website: http://www.uhhospitals.org/concussion
- DC Heads Up Online Program: http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/
- Ohio’s Return to Play Law: http://www.healthy.ohio.gov/concussion
- AAN Concussion Toolkit https://www.aan.com/practice/sports-concussion-toolkit/
- McCrory et al. (2017). Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 5th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Berlin, October 2016. Br J Sports Med, Online First.