Mapping the equivalence of pitch side medical care education courses
At a meeting of the World Rugby Pitch Side Care Working Group in November 2016 it was agreed that a mapping exercise against the World Rugby medical education programme, including some of the most prevalent medical and pitch side care courses within sport would be a useful and valuable exercise. Following the meeting the European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE) were commissioned by World Rugby to carry out the study.
A phase of data collection resulted in information about 28 courses being collected and 23 of those courses are being put forward for consideration of equivalency to the three levels within the World Rugby programme of first aid and medical education.
A global survey of Member Unions was also carried out to discover the picture related to medical education around the world in rugby. This study found the majority of courses delivered through Member Unions are included in the study.
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The following courses can be considered for equivalency within the study:
LEVEL 1 – EQUIVALENT TO FIRST AID IN RUGBY (FAIR)
| Rugby Football Union | Emergency First Aid for Rugby |
| Hampden Sports Clinic | National Sports 1st Aid Course |
| Irish Rugby Football Union | SAFE Rugby 1 |
| The Football Associtation | Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) |
| Corobeus Sports Consultancy Ltd | Emergrency First Aid in Sport (EFAiS) |
| ITC First Aid Qualifications | ITC Level 3 Award in First Aid for Sport, Exercise and Fitness ITC Certificate for Sport Exercise and Fitness at SCQF Level 6 |
| Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana | FMSI PSS/PSS-D - Sport First Aid Course |
LEVEL 2 – EQUIVALENT TO IMMEDIATE CARE IN RUGBY (ICIR)
| Rugby Football Union | Pre Hospital Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) formally Immediate Care in Sport |
| Hong Kong Rugby Union | Pre Hospital Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) formally Immediate Care in Sport |
| Irish Rugby Football Union | SAFE Rugby 2 |
| Scottish Rugby | SCRUMCAPS (Level 2) |
| Sport Promote | Sport Promote Course |
| Canadian Red Cross/ Sports First Responder | Sports First Responder |
| Canadian Red Cross/ Sports First Responder | Sport Emergency Medical Responder |
| The Football Association | Intermediate Trauma Medical Management in Football (ITMMIF) |
| Corobeus Sports Consultancy Ltd | Emergency Medical First Aid in Sport (EMFAiS) |
| Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana | FMSI Advanced PSSD |
LEVEL 3 – EQUIVALENT TO ADVANCED IMMEDIATE CARE IN RUGBY (AICIR)
| Rugby Football Union | Pre Hospital Advanced Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) formally Advanced Immediate Care in Sport |
| Welsh Rugby Union | Immediate Care in Rugby |
| Hong Kong Rugby Union | Pre Hospital Advanced Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) formally Advanced Immediate Care in Sport |
| Irish Rugby Football Union | SAFE Rugby 3 |
| Scottish Rugby | SCRUMCAPS (LEVEL 3) |
| The Football Association | Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football (ATMMIF) |
| Rugby Football League | Immediate Medical Management on the Field of Play (IMMOFP) |
| Corobeus Sports Consultancy Ltd | Emergency Medical Management in Individual and Team Sports (EMMiITS) |
| Pre Hospital Advanced Immediate Care in Sport (PHICIS) | Formally Advanced Immediate Care in Sport |
Many of these courses are accredited or endorsed by external organisations such as Faculty of Pre-hospital care - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, which only relates to courses from UK and Ireland.
The fields which were included in the mapping study were:
- Title
- Course description
- Target group
- Format/ duration
- Instructor background/ ratio
- Aims/ Learning outcomes
- Assessment
- Pre-requisites
- Content areas
- Pre-course reading/ support material
- Timetable
- Quality assurance
- Accreditation
- Length of validity
- Where courses have been suggested for equivalency which are not rugby specific, EOSE would recommend practitioners to gain reaccreditation in a rugby specific course if that is now the main sport they operate in.
Other courses have been suggested for inclusion in the study, including some where response from the provider has resulted in insufficient information collected to date. These courses could be included in a “phase 2” of the work.
EOSE holds all collected information on the courses and can discuss in more detail with World Rugby and the Pitch Side Medical Group before final publication.