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Advanced Injury Institute: Overdose Prevention

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Start Date
Monday, June 23, 2025
End Date
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, 9:00am - 4:30pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Renee M. Johnson
Sherri-Chanelle Brighthaupt
Contact Name
Renee Johnson
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2025
Description
More than 100,000 Americans die from overdose annually. This course will equip injury prevention researchers and practitioners to respond to overdose in their communities.
Provides advanced training in overdose prevention. Covers the epidemiology of overdose, leading drugs and drug combinations that contribute to overdose, surveillance of fatal and nonfatal overdose, prevention strategies, and promising policies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Critically evaluate overdose response strategies targeted to their communities
  2. Analyze sources of data on fatal and nonfatal overdose
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 15% Discussion
  • 45% Final Paper
  • 30% Project(s)
  • 10% Quizzes
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

This is the virtual/online section of a course also held onsite. You are responsible for the modality in which you register.
There will a 1 hour break for lunch and two 15-minute breaks each day