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From page 1... ... Research Results Digest 302 May 2006 C O N T E N T S Summary, 1 Background, 2 Current Highway Safety Educational Opportunities, 3 Conclusions, 17 Highway Safety Core Competencies, 17 From Competency to Practice: Using the Highway Safety Core Competencies, 19 Author Acknowledgments, 21 Glossary of Terms, 21 References, 22 SUMMARY Based on a scan of U.S. universities, the study reveals to what extent core competencies for highway safety professionals are incorporated into existing safety curricula and suggests strategies to expand their application to a broader audience. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... knowledge and skills are advisable or even required for effective functioning in the safety field. The competencies include: (1) Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... agement, but that are considered peripheral to an education that is focused on safety (e.g., public speaking, budgeting, policy analysis, program administration, etc.) One phrase frequently used in this report is "highway safety management." The researchers define highway safety management as the sum of all prevention and mitigation activities that affect the number and severity of future crashes. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... 3. Develop a set of multidisciplinary curricula, including course objectives and outlines, to train the existing and future transportation professionals on safety issues. Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... undertaken to identify international courses and programs; however, this was not a primary focus of the study and is not discussed here. As illustrated in Table 1, several efforts were made to contact members of engineering and public health organizations. Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... by date to a general description of the course. All syllabi and course outlines were used to compare curriculums. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... 7Table 3 Summary of Individual Course Availability and Regularity 1. Transportation 2. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... Course Content vis-à-vis Core Competencies Over the course of several months, the Joint Subcommittee developed a draft set of safety core competencies to outline the fundamental knowledge and skills that should be possessed by all transportation safety professionals (12) Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... 9Table 4 Overall Course Coverage of the Safety Core Competencies Coverage Core Competency and Learning Objectives Eng. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... 10 Table 4 (Continued) Coverage Core Competency and Learning Objectives Eng. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... Table 4 indicates significant variation in the coverage of Core Competency 1 within existing safety courses. Some learning objectives such as combining countermeasures and multidisciplinary collaboration and potential barriers (i.e., learning objectives 1h, 1j, and 1k) Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... of treatment, assess contributing factors, identify potential countermeasures linked to the contributing factors, and evaluate effectiveness after implementation. Contributing factors are typically associated with the driver, vehicle, and infrastructure. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13 Table 5 Summary of the Course Reference Material Course Transportation Engineering Texts and References A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C., 2001. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 X X X X X X X X X X X Table 5 (Continued) Course Transportation Engineering Texts and References Roess, R Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... 15 Table 6 Program Coverage of Safety Core Competencies Universities Core Competency and Learning Objectives 1 2 3 4 1 – Understand the management of highway safety as both a complex multidisciplinary field and one that must be understood systematically. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... 16 Table 6 (Continued) Universities Core Competency and Learning Objectives 1 2 3 4 3b. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... programs (i.e., two courses as opposed to one) are provided with a broader and deeper understanding of safety context and perspective as reflected by the coverage of Core Competency 1. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... as fundamental to achieving further improvements in highway safety. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... fatalities, identify potential countermeasures linked to the contributing factors, apply countermeasures to user groups or sites with promise of crash and injury reduction, and implement and evaluate the effectiveness of the countermeasures. Learning Objectives Highway safety professionals should be able to: 1. Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... • Develop model curricula; • Use as learning objectives in course development, which in turn influences course content, instructional methods, and assessment; • Assess course materials to determine how thorough or complete the material is for a given audience or purpose; • Make decisions about education and training activities to undertake, offer, or recommend; • Advise students interested in a particular profession; and • Use as the basis for credentials, certificates, or degree programs. Educational Institutions Students can review competencies to make decisions in selecting careers, schools, and courses. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Model Curricula A curriculum is a program of study, usually in sufficient detail to thoroughly address all required learning objectives. Several curricula could be developed for the same set of competencies, depending upon the timeframe, organization, audience, and source materials. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... representing the road-user, vehicle, infrastructure, and the cultural environment. Interdisciplinary -- A group of professionals with expertise in different disciplines who collaborate to develop and evaluate management alternatives. Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 These digests are issued in order to increase awareness of research results emanating from projects in the Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) Read the entire page →

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... Research Results Digest 302 May 2006 C O N T E N T S Summary, 1 Background, 2 Current Highway Safety Educational Opportunities, 3 Conclusions, 17 Highway Safety Core Competencies, 17 From Competency to Practice: Using the Highway Safety Core Competencies, 19 Author Acknowledgments, 21 Glossary of Terms, 21 References, 22 SUMMARY Based on a scan of U.S. universities, the study reveals to what extent core competencies for highway safety professionals are incorporated into existing safety curricula and suggests strategies to expand their application to a broader audience.