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Development of an Evaluation Framework Suitable for Assessing Humanitarian Workforce Competencies During Crisis Simulation Exercises

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2014

Hilarie Cranmer ,
Jennifer L. Chan ,
Stephanie Kayden ,
Altaf Musani ,
Philippe E. Gasquet ,
Peter Walker ,
Frederick M. Burkle Jr.  and
Kirsten Johnson
Hilarie Cranmer*
Affiliation:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Jennifer L. Chan
Affiliation:
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois USA
Stephanie Kayden
Affiliation:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Altaf Musani
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt
Philippe E. Gasquet
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Peter Walker
Affiliation:
Tufts University, Somerville, Massachusetts USA
Frederick M. Burkle Jr.
Affiliation:
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Kirsten Johnson
Affiliation:
McGill University, Quebec, Canada
*
Correspondence: Hilarie H. Cranmer, MD, MPH Center for Global Health Massachusetts General Hospital 100 Cambridge Street, 15th floor Boston, MA 02114 USA E-mail hcranmer@partners.org
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Abstract

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.

CranmerH, ChanJ, KaydenS, MusaniA, GasquetP, WalkerP, BurkleF, JohnsonK. Development of an Evaluation Framework Suitable for Assessing Humanitarian Workforce Competencies During Crisis Simulation Exercises. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014;29(1):1-6.

Keywords

competency-based educationdisastersprofessional educationrelief worksimulation exercises
Type
Special Report
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 69 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2014 

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