PMID- 32180994
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220413
IS  - 2055-7647 (Print)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Electronic)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
DP  - 2020
TI  - Could a massive open online course be part of the solution to sport-related 
      concussion? Participation and impact among 8368 registrants.
PG  - e000700
LID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000700 [doi]
LID - e000700
AB  - OBJECTIVES: A massive open online course (MOOC) has the potential to help address 
      the public health burden of concussion across all levels of sport and leisure 
      activities. The main objectives of this study were to document the volume of 
      participation and to estimate the impact of a MOOC on concussion protocol 
      implementation. METHODS: Between April 2016 and October 2018, four editions of a 
      French-language MOOC on concussion were presented. Each of the six modules 
      contains a section presenting the main learning content and a section proposing a 
      reflective process to support the implementation of a concussion protocol in the 
      participant's environment. The proportion of registrants who achieved successful 
      completion of the course was the main outcome. Surveys were also used to document 
      the types of participants and their intent to implement or update a protocol. 
      RESULTS: Thirty per cent of 8368 registrants successfully completed the course. 
      Of the 3061 participants who completed a survey about their background, 58.8% 
      were healthcare professionals, 16.3% were sport or school stakeholders, and 10.1% 
      were parents or persons who sustained a concussion. Of the 1471 participants who 
      completed a survey about their intent to implement or update a concussion 
      protocol in their environment, 39.4% answered positively. CONCLUSION: This study 
      describes the first use of a MOOC to address the issue of concussion. The 
      experience of a French-language MOOC shows promising results supporting the use 
      of this innovative educational strategy as part of the solution to the public 
      health issue of concussion.
CI  - (c) Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No 
      commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
FAU - Fremont, Pierre
AU  - Fremont P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2810-8382
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
FAU - Schneider, Kathryn
AU  - Schneider K
AD  - Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre and Faculty of Kinesiology, University of 
      Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
FAU - Laroche, Anne
AU  - Laroche A
AD  - Education Support Office, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
FAU - Emery, Carolyn
AU  - Emery C
AD  - Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre and Faculty of Kinesiology, University of 
      Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
FAU - Yeates, Keith
AU  - Yeates K
AD  - Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, and Clinical Neurosciences, University of 
      Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200227
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
JT  - BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
JID - 101681007
PMC - PMC7047499
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - concussion
OT  - education
OT  - public health
OT  - sports & exercise medicine
COIS- Competing interests: None declared.
EDAT- 2020/03/18 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/18 06:01
PMCR- 2020/02/27
CRDT- 2020/03/18 06:00
PHST- 2020/02/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/03/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/03/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/02/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bmjsem-2019-000700 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000700 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2020 Feb 27;6(1):e000700. doi: 
      10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000700. eCollection 2020.