Overview of core course content
The core curriculum contains of 21 lessons, organized into eight sections. Each lesson takes approximately 1 hour classroom time to teach. The core lessons consist of a broad overview of the fundamentals of injury prevention and are described in the table below.
| Core curriculum | ||
| Section | Lesson | Lesson topics |
| I. Foundation and fundamentals of injury prevention, control and safety promotion | 1 | Injury prevention: General principles |
| 2 | Measurement of injuries | |
| II. Injury information systems (surveillance and surveys) | 3 | Introduction to injury surveillance I |
| 4 | Introduction to injury surveillance II | |
| 5 | Introduction to community survey methods | |
| III. Methods for studying injury prevention, control and safety promotion | 6 | Studying injuries: Research methods I |
| 7 | Studying injuries: Research methods II | |
| IV. Ethical issues in injury prevention, control and safety promotion | 8 | Ethical issues in the injury field |
| V. Applications of injury prevention, control and safety promotion | 9 | Road traffic injuries |
| 10 | Other injuries: falls, burns, drowning, poisoning, and animal-related injuries | |
| 11 | Introduction to intentional injuries | |
| 12 | Child and elder abuse and neglect | |
| 13 | Gender-based violence I | |
| 14 | Gender-based violence II | |
| 15 | Youth violence and collective violence | |
| 16 | Self-inflicted injuries | |
| 17 | Injuries in the workplace | |
| VI. Injury care and rehabilitation | 18 | Application of care and rehabilitation strategies to injuries |
| VII. Inter-disciplinary approach to injury prevention | 19 | The multidisciplinary nature of injuries: the role of education, law, economics, and other disciplines |
| VIII. Policy development and advocacy | 20 | Injury prevention: Policy development and advocacy |
| Optional: Internet resources on injuries | 21 | Internet resources on injuries |