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305.670.11 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF INJURY PREVENTION

Term: Summer Inst. term
Credits: (3 credits)
Contact: Carolyn Fowler
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
Description:

Uses a problem-solving paradigm to introduce the principles and practice of injury prevention. Students use class lectures in behavioral, biomechanical, environmental, epidemiological, legislative, policy and community partnership approaches to injury prevention to develop a strategy for addressing a specific injury problem. Students are put in groups for practical application sessions to develop skills learned in the lectures. At the conclusion of the course, the groups present their strategies for addressing the injury problem they have been assigned.

Student Evaluation: Students will be evaluated on their participation in group exercises and a final paper.
Learning Objective:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to: use a problem-solving paradigm to address behavioral, biomechanical, environmental, epidemiological, legislative, policy and community partnership approaches to injury prevention.

Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Sun 06/10/2012 - Wed 06/13/2012
  • Monday 8:30 - 6:00
  • Tuesday 8:30 - 6:00
  • Wednesday 8:30 - 6:00
  • Sunday 8:30 - 6:00
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 65
Instructor Consent: No consent required
For consent, contact: cfowler1@son.jhmi.edu
Auditors Allowed: Yes, with instructor consent
Grading Restriction: Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Catalog Subcommittee Actions: CourseTitle, CourseLearningObj, CourseOfferRationaleNote, ScheduleTypeId, StartDate, EndDate, .02/10/2012;