Creating a 'choose your topic' massive open online course: an innovative and flexible approach to delivering injury prevention education.

Background: A pediatric injury prevention course has not been available as a massive open online course (MOOC). Creating a comprehensive topic course is particularly challenging because the traditional, week-by-week linear curriculum design is often a barrier to learners interested in only specific topics. We created a novel, flexible course as both a 'choose your topic' MOOC for the public learner and a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) for medical students.

Preventing distracted driving: A program from initiation through to evaluation.

Background: Distracted driving(DD) is a public health threat. We initiated a DD program where the objective was to attract parents to a website to download a parent tool box. We report the effectiveness of media strategy.

Complexity in geriatric home healthcare.

The aging population and the associated rise in the prevalence of chronic conditions suggest that the home health population is increasingly complex and challenging to manage. The purpose of this study was to use national administrative data (Outcome and Assessment Information Set assessments of persons discharged in 2004 and 2005) to examine the clinical complexity of older adults admitted to home healthcare. Our descriptive analyses confirm that multiple chronic conditions and cognitive impairment are common and result in longer lengths of stay.