The Department of Defense (DOD)-funded Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU) in Maryland is using some of its resources to train students for a zombie outbreak, according to the DOD.
Students in the university’s family nurse practitioner doctorate of nursing practice program have to take an online population health course that forces them to apply models of public health care in different scenarios — including a zombie pandemic.
The goal is to teach students about population health planning and intervention, according to Catherine Ling, an assistant professor and family nurse practitioner at the graduate nursing school.