The clinical landscape around concussion management is evolving rapidly. Emerging research has fundamentally challenged the historical view that only acute concussive events carry long-term neurological consequence. The growing body of evidence surrounding subconcussive impact accumulation, progressive cognitive impairment, and the limitations of symptom-based return-to-play protocols has created a genuine demand among clinicians for objective, quantifiable tools that can function outside the controlled environment of a research laboratory. Brain vital signs EEG assessment, portable concussion testing, event related potentials in clinical practice, and objective neurological evaluation represent the frontier of where evidence-based concussion care is heading.

This course equips clinicians with a rigorous understanding of the Brain Vital Signs framework, a portable EEG-based system that translates over six decades of event related potential research into an automated, point-of-care assessment completing in under ten minutes. By eliciting three well-validated ERP responses, including the N100, P300, and N400, the framework generates six scored metrics of auditory sensation, basic attention, and higher-order cognitive language processing. These are then linearly converted to intuitive zero-to-one-hundred vital sign scores and visualized on a radar plot, allowing clinicians to compare patient findings against normative reference data and track change over time with the kind of objectivity that current standard-of-care protocols were not designed to provide.

This course is designed for licensed clinicians in functional neurology, sports medicine, chiropractic neurology, rehabilitation, and primary care who regularly encounter concussed patients and want to integrate neurophysiological evidence into their clinical reasoning. Whether you are refining your concussion assessment battery, navigating the complexity of return-to-play decisions, or working to identify subconcussive dysfunction before it compounds, the frameworks presented here will sharpen both your clinical lens and your ability to communicate findings with precision.

The course is presented by Dr. Shaun Fickling, PhD, a biomedical engineer, neurotechnology researcher, and senior R&D scientist at NeuroCatch Inc. Dr. Fickling completed his doctoral research at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, where his work focused on translating ERP neuroscience into accessible clinical tools. His research includes landmark collaborative studies with the Mayo Clinic examining brain vital sign changes across ice hockey seasons in junior and youth athletes, as well as investigations linking repetitive subconcussive head impacts directly to measurable changes in brain function using EEG. His work represents some of the most compelling available evidence connecting contact sport exposure to objective neurological change, and his ability to translate complex biomedical engineering concepts into practical clinical frameworks makes this a uniquely valuable continuing education experience.