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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 11-19-2021 Athletic Training Program Implements Concussion Education Component Lauren Lucas Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation Lucas, Lauren, "Athletic Training Program Implements Concussion Education Component" (2021). University of Mississippi News. 485. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/485 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchNick Ramsey (left), a first-year Ole Miss athletic training student from Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, trains on theconcussion education module with Heather Landry Shirley, assistant professor and program director ofathletic training. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Digital Imaging ServicesAthletic Training Program Implements ConcussionEducation ComponentHeather Shirley works to introduce and evaluate a new standard operatingprocessNOVEMBER 19, 2021 BY LAUREN LUCASOXFORD, Miss. – The director of a University of Mississippi program that aims to prepare future healthcare professionals to serve as athletic trainers is working to assess the knowledge and attitudes ofcollege students on sports concussions in response to concussion education.Heather Shirley, assistant professor and director of the Master of Science in Athletic Trainingprogram, is working with students in the program to deliver an education module on concussions. Thisprogram was developed to better inform athletes, physically active individuals and others about the signsand symptoms of concussion.This module, along with a new concussion policy, is being applied with students participating in sportclubs through the Department of Campus Recreation. Both the education module and concussionpolicy have been taught to students in the master’s program, who are then responsible for delivering theinformation to the sport club safety officers and monitors this fall as one component of theirresponsibilities to ensure recreation athletes’ safety.“Once they finish their degree and take the certification exam, these students will be certified athletictrainers,” Shirley said. “Practicing concussion awareness and being able to recognize the signs andsymptoms is something they are going to have to be able to do.“We are just trying to expose them to practicing this more and get them involved early in implementingprograms and policies like this.”As another aspect of the program, sport club athletes are being given baseline concussion testing,using the immediate post-concussion assessment and cognitive testing tool, through the university’sCenter for Health and Sports Performance. The students watch a video designed to deliver theconcussion education module and complete a pre-survey before they participate in an activity.After the activity, they complete a post-survey that helps Shirley and her team evaluate the success andeffectiveness of the program.“Concussions are, unfortunately, a common occurrence in sports and especially prevalent in contactRead the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsCivil Engineering Professor ReceivesMost-Cited Paper AwardOXFORD, Miss. – Peer recognition is arewarding experience for anyone, butUniversity of Mississippi researcher AmirMehrara Molan was elated when an articlehe co-authored recently received the MostCited Paper Award at the102nd Transportation Research Boardmeeting in the nation’s capital. 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Derby NEW YORK – Theamount of money sloshing around the U.S.economy shrank last year for the first timeon record, a development that someeconomists believe bolsters the case forU.S. inflation pressures continuing toNews Releases UM COVID-19 Video Gallery University Communications Ole Miss Homepage Ole Miss News BlogFacebookTwitterLin edInEmailCopyLinkSMSPrintFriendlySharFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInYouTubeChannelsports,” said Byron Watts, an athletic training student from Fort Hood, Texas. “As a trainer, it isimportant to be prepared for any sport since we could potentially end up anywhere. I believe a lot of whatI have learned from Heather can be translated into my work in the future.“I have learned a lot about the mechanisms of injury when experiencing a concussion where they canoccur from multiple small impacts or one large impact.”Brain injuries can be classified as coup, affecting the part of the brain directly underneath where animpact occurs, or contrecoup, where a blow causes the brain to strike the skull on the side opposite theimpact, he explained.“I have also taken an appreciation to why it is so important to properly advance an athlete through theconcussion protocol without rushing them,” Watts said. “Concussions affect everyone differently andwith it being an injury to the brain, it is imperative that it be treated correctly.” At the end of the sports season, Shirley and her colleagues plan to conduct more evaluation, using apost-season survey, to gauge the overall change the program has made on concussion education andreporting of injury.The University of Mississippi Medical Center is involved mainly from a research design standpoint.Faculty will be assisting with some of the data analysis once the project has completed its final phase.Shirley is working with co-investigators Melinda Valliant, chair of the UM Department of Nutrition andHospitality Management; Jennifer Reneker, assistant dean of scholarly innovation and associateprofessor of population health sciences at UMMC; Courtney Kinder, graduate assistant athletics trainerin Campus Recreation; Marshall Crowther, physician at Student Health Services and medical director forthe Ole Miss Department of Intercollegiate Athletics; and Alex Langhart, director of Student HealthServices, in the future management of these types of injuries.For more information about the master’s program in athletic training, visithttps://sas.olemiss.edu/MSAT/.FILED UNDER: NEWS RELEASES, SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCESRead the story …abate. 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