Online Courses and Learning Opportunities

Access to injury prevention education is essential for creating safer environments and reducing harm across communities. Whether you’re exploring the field for the first time or advancing your professional development for CME and CHES credits, the University of Michigan IPC offers a variety of online courses designed for multiple fields and levels of training.

Learn with Us at Your Own Pace

Developed in partnership with University of Michigan colleagues in the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, the U-M Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan OPEN, and the Center for Academic Innovation, our courses offerings are:

  • Available via Coursera and EdX
  • Accredited for CME and CHES credits
  • Structured for Linear and Non-Linear learnings paths and perspectives
Coursera & edX
Introduction to Injury Prevention: Burn Prevention, Substance Use, Dating and Sexual Violence, Child Mistreatment, Firearm Safety, Peer Violence and Bullying, Suicide Prevention, Child Passenger Safety, Vulnerable Road Users, Teen Driving, Concussion

Injury Prevention MOOC

Learn from a multidisciplinary panel of expert researchers and practitioners through powerful lectures, interviews, and demonstrations; and apply useful, evidence-based strategies and interventions in your work.

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Opioid Crisis MOOC

Designed for non-prescribing healthcare, behavioral health, dental and social services professionals, as well as graduate-level students in these fields, this course lays a foundation for the prevention of child and teen injuries.

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Interpersonal and Dating Violence CME

Built for an interdisciplinary audience including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, midwives, social workers, and psychologists, this course provides training in evidence-based best practices for identifying and responding to patients with intimate partner violence and dating violence.

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