Concussion is a significant and complex health issue within the Australian sporting landscape at all levels of play. Following on from a successful 2018 roadshow, Sports Medicine Australia and the NSW Office of Sport will again partner to deliver a series of education workshops across NSW in 2020. These programs will provide those in attendance with a greater knowledge of concussion, its prevalence, signs and symptoms, recognition and management, return to play and recent research in the area.
Presented by highly respected researcher, Dr Andrew Gardner from the University of Newcastle, this is a great opportunity open for all within the sporting community.
All workshops are FREE and will run from 6.30pm – 9.00pm. Registration is essential.
Dates and Locations
Penrith
Friday 28th February
Penrith RSL
Newcastle
Wednesday 4th March
John Hunter Hospital
Campbelltown
Thursday 5th March
Wests Leagues Club
Dubbo
Wednesday 22nd April
Dubbo RSL
Parkes
Thursday 23rd April
Parkes Ex-Services Club
Bathurst
Friday 24th April
Bathurst Panthers
Gosford
Tuesday 28th April
Gosford RSL Club
Muswellbrook
Wednesday 29th April
Muswellbrook RSL
Wollongong
Thursday 30th April
Wests Leagues – Unanderra
Queanbeyan
Friday 1st May
Queanbeyan Roos Club
Coffs Harbour
Friday 8th May
Cex Club
Port Macquarie
Friday 15th May
Port Macquarie Panthers
Griffith
Tuesday 21st July
Griffith Exies Club
Albury
Wednesday 22nd July
Albury Commercial Club
Wagga Wagga
Thursday 23rd July
Wagga Wagga RSL
Jindabyne
Friday 24th July
Jindabyne Bowling Club
Tweed Heads
Tuesday 29th September
Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club
Lismore
Wednesday 30th September
Lismore Workers
Armidale
Thursday 1st October
Armidale Ex Services Memorial Club
Inverell
Friday 2nd October
Inverell RSM Club
Speakers
Dr Gardner is an Early Career Fellow with the School of Medicine & Public Health at the University of Newcastle, and an honorary clinical research fellow with the Hunter New England Local Health District. He is also a Co-Director of HNEH’s Sport Concussion Clinic, an Executive Committee Member of the Priority Research Centre for Stroke and Brain Injury, and serves as a member of the Rugby Australia’s Concussion Advisory Group.
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