Injury Prevention Curricula

Formal training activities of the Center have focused on two degree programs in particular – the Master of Public Health (MPH) and the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Sciences (PhD). The Center conducts a number of activities to foster acquisition of skills specific to injury prevention and control among these two cohorts of students, though students from other disciplines are not excluded from enrolling in injury-related courses. During the past 5-year period, ICRC faculty members have developed several new course offerings in injury prevention and control. To see the current graduate level course offerings directly relevant to injury and violence prevention and control, click here.

In addition to the Center’s public health training focus, ICRC-affiliated faculty members also provide relevant educational experiences in other graduate degree programs including psychology, sociology, and transportation engineering and safety. Our engineering faculty members also teach a number of courses leading to a Masters of Science in Safety Management. The ICRC plans to further expand the injury-related educational offerings, achieve additional interdisciplinary integration, and establish University-wide recognition for injury prevention and control education by creating a formal Area of Emphasis and a formal Certificate Program; and seeks to enroll an increasing number of graduate students in these injury courses and designated programs.

The Center intends to develop and implement at least two new courses over the next few years: 1) a Graduate Seminar in Injury Prevention and Control, and 2) an interdisciplinary course on Prescription Drug Abuse. The proposed Graduate Seminar will be offered weekly throughout the academic year with a different theme each term. We will provide regular opportunities to feature practice/research partnerships in the seminar series, by bringing in speakers from the practice community who are working with academic researchers. We will also provide remote access to the seminar to accommodate the participation of community partners and public health practitioners. The Graduate Seminar in Injury Prevention and Control will also be a very useful mechanism to begin attracting an increasing number of students to the field of injury prevention and control.