@article{ref1,
title="A scoping review: mapping the evidence for undergraduate concussion education and proposing the content for medical student concussion teaching",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2022",
author="Gardner, Nick and Heron, Neil",
volume="19",
number="7",
pages="e4328-e4328",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Concussion is a common yet complex condition, with each new case requiring assessment by a medical doctor. Recent research has shown that doctors working in the UK have significant knowledge deficits regarding concussion diagnosis and management. <br><br>AIM: The aim of this scoping review was to map out the evidence about how undergraduate medical students are being educated about concussion. <br><br>METHOD: This scoping review involved seven research papers identified by searching five online databases in October 2020. Search terms relevant to concussion included: brain injuries, post-concussion syndrome, brain concussion and concussion, combined with search criteria for undergraduate education: medical students, undergraduate medical education, or curriculum. <br><br>RESULTS: All seven papers were published in North America, with five papers recruiting medical students from single institutions (n = 590) and two papers surveying universities. Canadian medical schools have shown an upward trend in the quantity of teaching about concussion-specific teaching: from 0.57 to 2.65 h between 2012 and 2018. Lectures were the commonest mode of delivery of teaching, followed by problem-based learning and clinical rotations. The studies reach a common conclusion that medical students are not being adequately prepared for diagnosing and managing concussion, with insufficient undergraduate teaching, particularly exposure during clinical rotations, cited as the cause. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Concussion: education of medical students is inadequate in North America. Medical schools should help address this by providing lectures and clinical presentations on concussion to learn from, particularly via problem-based learning. There is a paucity of evidence about concussion education in other geographical areas.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph19074328",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074328"
}