Presenter Profile
Jill Solomon, MPH, CHES
University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center
jrsolom@med.umich.edu
Jill Solomon is a Research Area Specialist at the University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center. In her role at the Center, she supports training and outreach across all of the U-M IPC’s focus areas of injury prevention. Jill holds a Master of Public Health Degree in Health Behavior & Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She has experience in health literacy, motivational interviewing, and mHealth development.
Presentations
Injury Prevention for Children and Teens: A free, innovative, choose-your-topic approach to delivering an online pediatric injury prevention course to a global audience
Andrew Hashikawa, MD
Sarah Stoddard, PhD, RN, CNP, FSAHM
Jill Solomon, MPH, CHES
Taylor Hautala, MPH
Nichole Burnside, MBA
Pediatric injury prevention training remains underrepresented in medical and public health curricula despite pediatric injuries being the number one cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Additionally, the CDC's National Action Plan has underscored the critical need to broaden the scope of pediatric injury prevention education. Recognizing the challenges faced by time-constrained online learners, there is a pressing need to offer injury prevention educational programming that is free, focused, and flexible to a wider audience.
In response to this educational gap, we launched a novel and comprehensive massive open online course (MOOC) titled "Injury Prevention for Children & Teens" in 2018. Hosted on the EdX platform, the free course featured seven modules encompassing critical areas such as firearm safety, sports injury prevention, adolescent substance use, transportation safety, burn prevention, advocacy, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), dating violence, and drowning prevention and includes over sixty videos with curated readings and corresponding quizzes. The course was constructed so that the learner could advance through topics nonlinearly, and could choose to complete all modules, or choose only specific modules and topics. Learners completing each module could request free Category 1 CME, MOC Part II (for pediatricians), and CHES credits (public health). The full course was also integrated as an online elective at our medical school, with opportunities for student feedback. Data evaluation occurred through EdX analytics and post-module surveys.
Since its release, our global course has been taken by over 9,300 students from over 148 countries and the medical school elective by local 576 medical students. About 66% of all learners who filled out the evaluation reported that they were either somewhat or extremely likely to change their practice after taking this course. Among medical students specifically, almost all (99%) rated the course quality as “high”, with over 57% stating that they plan to make changes to their medical practices after taking the course. Furthermore, 89% reported a changed perception of pediatric injury prevention after course completion. Feedback highlighted the engaging content and user-friendly structure, with some feedback suggesting increased cultural context, succinct key takeaways, and increased regular content updates.
Our MOOC, "Injury Prevention for Children & Teens," successfully addresses the need for an accessible and flexible approach to online pediatric injury prevention education that is available for a broad audience of learners. Future development, informed by participant feedback, will aim to enhance the course with updated content and insights from new national experts in the coming year.
Describe the need for pediatric injury prevention training.
List criteria for an accessible injury prevention course.
Explain necessary components of pediatric injury prevention trainings.