The 2010 Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit

Strategic Direction

The vision for the 2009 Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness and Response Training Summit is to have a robust, well-trained, and integrated pool of public health and medical responders in which all members understand their roles and missions, as well as those of their response partners, in order to best serve our communities, States, Tribes, and the Nation.

The Training Summit will achieve that vision by convening a forum for conducting training, discussing issues, sharing information, and networking amongst the constituent groups of various national-level organizations involved in preparing for and responding to public health and medical emergency events. Some specific strategies for 2009 include:

• Reinforce the relationships between the response partner organizations
• Focus on all-hazards approaches
• Enable facilitated, interactive learning opportunities

Goal

The goal is to provide a national training summit for full-time, intermittent and other potential Federal, State and local responders (i.e. PHS, NDMS, MRC, ESAR-VHP), as well as the leaders of the various component organizations. The summit will focus on skills development, knowledge enhancement and information sharing regarding the variety of support services necessary during a public health emergency.

Following the Training Summit, participants will be better trained for their respective missions and will understand how other public health and medical response components contribute to the full spectrum of care available during an emergency.

Format

The Summit is structured where participants will be able to interact with faculty. Courses will include a brief question and answer period at the conclusion of each session. The sessions have been designed in tracks emphasizing different perspectives in emergency management. The general and joint sessions are designed to encourage networking and the building of communities of practice among groups sharing common interests and issues.

Target Audience

The Summit is designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, infectious disease specialists/epidemiologist, veterinarians, emergency medical services personnel, morticians, environmental health specialists, dentists, health care administrators, state and local public health officials, emergency managers, emergency planners, public health workers, volunteers, MRC leaders, and response team personnel.

Continuing education (CE/CME) hours are offered in many cases.

Please continue to visit our website for continuous updates on the 2009 Integrated Medical, Public Health Preparedness and Response Training Summit. If you have any questions, please email us at hhstrainingsummit@chepinc.org.