Educating Healthcare Professionals
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Medical students are the next generation of physicians, and emphasizing the importance of and gaining comfort with discussing firearm safety with patients from early is vital to incorporating this issue into physicians' daily practice.
Healthcare providers hold a vital role in preventative care. Discussing firearm safety has shown to improve patient wellbeing by increasing the number of firearms that are kept locked and unloaded in homes (1, 2). However, due to a lack of training, providers often do not feel comfortable counseling patients and families regarding safe gun ownership (3, 4).
75% of physicians lack formal training on counseling for firearm interventions and there is currently no standardized medical student or resident physician education surrounding firearm violence (5, 6). Given these alarming statistics, we see an urgent need to train medical students, residents, and current providers with firearms injury prevention curriculum.ption
By working together, we can develop an effective and culturally responsive curriculum that will equip future physicians to address the multifaceted but addressable issue of firearm injury and death.
Take SAFE’s Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum Survey
Participate in research on how firearm injury prevention education is incorporated into U.S. medical school curricula.
These 38 institutions have already completed the survey - only 170 to go!
Future Home of SAFE Resource Repository for Firearm Injury Prevention & Care Curriculum
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Future Home of SAFE Resource Repository for Firearm Injury Prevention & Care Curriculum ~
We’d love to include your institution’s curriculum.
Take a few minutes to fill out this form to share what has worked for your institution and how it looks so your work and your institution are included and recognized.
SAFE Hosts Collaborative Curriculum Workshops
Take a look at our previous Collaborative Workshops on Firearm Injury Prevention Curriculum and Care held in Wisconsin, California and Oregon.
You can see meeting agendas, slide decks and photos.
Texas In-Person Collaborative Curriculum Workshop
Every institution needs a champion on firearm injury prevention curriculum. It could be you!
This workshop is intended for the 16 medical schools in Texas. The ideal team from a medical school would include a medical student of two, a faculty member, a Curricular Dean or Clerkship Director.
It is also okay to attend as a team of one from your medical school.
