Abstract
Concussions are a public health issue due to increased awareness of the long-term effects, and sometimes prolonged recovery in patients (Huber, Alosco, Stein, & McKee, 2016). These long-term effects and recovery issues can impact education, work, and overall quality of life. There are few services available in the community that provide cohesive interdisciplinary assessment and management for patients and their families (Alsalaheen et al. 2016; Weber, Welch, Parsons & McLeod, 2015). Our students in speech-language pathology, physical therapy, nursing and other rehabilitation team members such as physical medicine, occupational therapy, athletic training, and neuropsychology are about to enter the clinical world, and their ability to interact with other disciplines can dramatically improve Interprofessional interaction and communication, as well as patient outcomes (ASHA 2016; Brown et al. 2014; McCrory et al. 2013; Wasserman, Bazarian, Mapstone, Block, & van Wijngaarden (2016); Porter, Constantinidou, & Marron, 2014; Talavage et al. 2014). This interprofessional education (IPE) module was developed to address IPE and interaction in concussion assessment and management (Porter et al., 2014). The specific aim of the study was to assess effectiveness of IPE in concussion assessment.