TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of an evaluation framework suitable for assessing humanitarian workforce competencies during crisis simulation exercises
AU - Cranmer, Hilarie
AU - Chan, Jennifer L.
AU - Kayden, Stephanie
AU - Musani, Altaf
AU - Gasquet, Philippe E.
AU - Walker, Peter
AU - Burkle, Frederick M.
AU - Johnson, Kirsten
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - The need to provide a professionalization process for the humanitarian workforce is well established. Current competency-based curricula provided by existing academically affiliated training centers in North America, the United Kingdom, and the European Union provide a route toward certification. Simulation exercises followed by timely evaluation is one way to mimic the field deployment process, test knowledge of core competences, and ensure that a competent workforce can manage the inevitable emergencies and crises they will face. Through a 2011 field-based exercise that simulated a humanitarian crisis, delivered under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), a competency-based framework and evaluation tool is demonstrated as a model for future training and evaluation of humanitarian providers.
AB - The need to provide a professionalization process for the humanitarian workforce is well established. Current competency-based curricula provided by existing academically affiliated training centers in North America, the United Kingdom, and the European Union provide a route toward certification. Simulation exercises followed by timely evaluation is one way to mimic the field deployment process, test knowledge of core competences, and ensure that a competent workforce can manage the inevitable emergencies and crises they will face. Through a 2011 field-based exercise that simulated a humanitarian crisis, delivered under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), a competency-based framework and evaluation tool is demonstrated as a model for future training and evaluation of humanitarian providers.
KW - competency-based education
KW - disasters
KW - professional education
KW - relief work
KW - simulation exercises
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U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X13009217
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X13009217
M3 - Article
C2 - 24429109
AN - SCOPUS:84894184106
VL - 29
SP - 69
EP - 74
JO - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
JF - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
SN - 1049-023X
IS - 1
ER -