Development of a Disaster Preparedness Interprofessional Education (IPE) Program for Health Profession Students

Authors

Edward Jasper, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Mary Bouchaud, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN, CRRN, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Dale Berg, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Katherine W Berg, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
John F McAna, PhD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

• Despite numerous attacks and threats both in the US and around the world, there is no standardized disaster preparedness curriculum for health profession students

• This project is the development and implementation of an IPE disaster preparedness curriculum with both a mandatory component and additional training as an elective at Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) in Philadelphia
• Upon completion of the elective component, students are Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hospital Emergency Response Team (HERT) certified and become part of the hospital’s disaster response and decontamination team

Publication Date

3-17-2018

Keywords

poster, poster presentation, interprofessional education, health professions, disaster preparedness, surveys, curriculum, training

Comments

Presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Simulation Summit

Recommended Citation

Jasper, MD, Edward; Bouchaud, PhD, MSN, CNS, RN, CRRN, Mary; Berg, MD, Dale; Berg, MD, Katherine W; and McAna, PhD, John F, "Development of a Disaster Preparedness Interprofessional Education (IPE) Program for Health Profession Students" (2018). College of Population Health Posters. 15.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/jcphposters/15