September 27th is the sixth annual Rowan’s Law Day in Ontario. To learn more about Rowan’s Law Day, visit ontario.ca/page/rowans-law-day.
Please join us for a clinical update on sport concussion. As in previous years, this is a collaborative event hosted by the Sunnybrook and the Centre for Injury Prevention in partnership with Holland Bloorview, Parachute and Coaches Association Ontario.
This was a year of update in the world of concussion and our community partners will provide clinical, guideline and practical updates from field to bedside care. In addition, Dr. Alison Doherty (UWO) will share new research that helps practitioners understand decision influences that impact concussion experience and care.
Special remarks: Hon.Neil Lumsden, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Hosted by: Dr. Dan Cass, Sunnybrook and Chair, Rowan’s Law Concussion Working Group
Update Presentations:
- Stephanie Cowle, Parachute: Guidelines and Consensus update
- Mercedes Watson, Coaches Association Ontario: Coaching update
- Dr. Matthew Burke, Sunnybrook: Diagnosis update
Keynote Presentation: Dr. Alison Doherty, Western University
“Driving and restraining influences to youth athletes’ self-reporting of suspected concussion”