David Markenson, Charles DiMaggio, and Irwin Redlener.
Academic Medicine
June 2005, Vol. 80, Issue #6, pg. 517-526.
Review by: Linda Heun, Ph.D. <lheun@aacom.org>
The authors describe a process for development and provide a list of core competencies for teaching emergency preparedness that were developed by experts representing four health professions: medical, dental, nursing and public health. They contend that educational competencies achieved in undergraduate health professions training provide the foundation that enable graduate to meet different occupational competencies. They organize the core competencies for health care professionals into the following areas: 1) emergency management and preparedness, 2) terrorism and public health emergency preparedness, 3) public health surveillance and response systems, and (for clinical personnel) 4) patient care for disasters, terrorism, and public health emergencies. Each set of core competencies has specified levels of proficiency in increasing difficulty as follows: list, describe, demonstrate, analyze, combine, and evaluate.
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