This course provides hands-on interactive training to help providers standardize and implement evidence-based concussion diagnostic and treatment practices for their patients. California State Law (AB 2007) requires anyone 18 years or younger to be evaluated by a healthcare provider trained in concussion if a concussion is suspected by their school or youth sports organization. Course participants will walk away with the tools they need to provide the highest level of concussion care including: EMR templates, educational materials and more.

Many student athletes who sustain a concussion at local schools will initially present to their primary care provider, which is appropriate. One challenge, however, is the variability in return to activity/school/play recommendations by medical providers. This creates logistical issues for the schools’ primary mission to educate students, as well as difficulties in determining when to return to sport activities in a manner that is both consistent and safe. This course aims to close this gap by providing an update for management of youth concussions to primary care physicians and other health care providers involved in the multidisciplinary care of student athletes and to assist in appropriate referral of complex cases to a multidisciplinary concussion specialty program.