Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe injury and violence as a major social and public health problem.
2. Explain the evolution of the perception of injury over time, especially as it relates to motor vehicle crashes.
3. Describe the burden of pediatric injury in the United States and the world as it relates to pediatricians.
4. Understand the problem of distracted driving as a public health issue and example of an injury control issue.

Faculty

Michael Flaherty, DO
Instructor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.