BULLETPOINTS PROJECT
The mission of the BulletPoints Project is to teach medical and mental health care providers how to reduce the risk of firearm injury in their patients.
https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/ One in three households in the US has a gun.
The website includes clinical scenarios in which firearms may increase risk, available interventions to reduce risk, and strategies for talking with at-risk patients.
BulletPoints is an evidence-based curriculum that will undergo ongoing evaluation to identify effective and sustainable strategies to teach clinicians about firearm injury prevention.
Included on the website are sections on:
- The Basics
- How to counsel
- Epidemiology
- Guns 101 – Overview of types of guns and basic information that can help clinicians have informed conversations with patients and make knowledgeable and appropriate safety recommendations.
- Firearm law
- Clinical Scenarios
- Interventions
- More resources, including FAQs - https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/faqs/