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The Role of the Physician in Injury Control:
a course for physicians and other medical professionals who want to learn more about the science of Injury Control and about how they can help to support Injury Control efforts. This is an interactive Internet course that will take approximately 2 hours to complete.

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Course Technical Specification
Course is compatible with the Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers, version 4.0 and above.
This program uses JavaScript which is unfortunately not compatible with all Internet browsers.
Course Objectives

Participants who complete this program will be better able to:

• Maintain the perspective that injured patients have experienced predictable, preventable events rather than "accidents."
• Take part in professional and community efforts to prevent and/or improve patient outcomes for specific types of injuries.

  For example, you will be able to:

  • Explain how traditional views about "accidents" differ from current views about "injuries"
  • > Recognize examples of the four general approaches to Injury Control (the Four Es)
  • Tell why effective Injury Control programs require a multi-disciplinary approach
  • List two major reasons that injuries are underreported
  • List several roles that Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care personnel play in Injury Control
  • Identify at least five ways that you can take part in Injury Control efforts
  • List personal action ideas for becoming involved in Injury Control efforts.

Funding Sponsor, Developer, and Reviewers
This program was funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation and developed by Star Mountain, Inc. The following member physicians of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) reviewed the content and made valuable contributions:

Members of the ACEP Trauma Care and Injury Control Committee review team:

Timothy Peterson, MD, FACEP
E. Jackson Allison, MD, MPH, FACEP
Arthur French, MD, FACEP
Peggy Goodman, MD, FACEP
Alan Jones, MD
Jon Krohmer, MD, FACEP
Peter Lane, MD
Michael Mello, MD, MPH, FACEP
Jeff Michael, NHTSA
Mark Sochor, MD
Janet Williams, MD, FACEP

Members of the ACPM review team:

Arthur Frank, MD, MPH, FACPM
Carol Collins, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Tomoko Hooper, MD, MPH

CME Information
The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.

The ACPM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 hours in Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he or she actually spent in the activity.

How to Get CME Credit
Login to the course and work through the 9 modules in this program. Once you’ve completed the 9 modules, you will be asked to go to the ACPM web site to complete the online assessment. You must achieve a 100% score on the assessment but will have unlimited opportunities to answer all questions correctly. You will then be eligible to receive a certificate for CME credit from the ACPM.

Cost to Audit: Free

Cost for CME: $25

Course Release Date: December 2001

Course Expiration Date: December 2004

For More Information: Contact Ginger K. Anderson, CME Coordinator at ACPM, who can provide technical and administrative support for this course.

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