Training of disaster managers at a masters degree level: From emergency care to managerial control

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 451-456

  MacFarlane, Campbell ^a   Joffe, Anthony Lyle ^a,b   Naidoo, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Emergency medicine; Master of Public Health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIOMETRY; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33750471161     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00898.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. WHO South East Asia. Moving Beyond the Tsunami - The WHO Story. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005.
2. APA's New Orleans Planning Assessment Team. Charting the course for rebuilding a great American city - an assessment of the planning function in post-Katrina New Orleans. American Planning Association (APA), 2005. Available from URL: http://www.planning.org/katrina/pdf/rebuildingreport.pdf [Accessed 3 May 2006].
3. IRC. Programme update - Somalia. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2005. Available from URL: http://www.ifrc.org/docs/ appeals/annual05/05AA00201.pdf [Accessed 3 May 2006].
4. Silva A. Floods in Mozambique - emergency health report. WHO-EHA, 2001. Available from URL: http://www.who.int/disasters/repo/6638.doc [Accessed 2 May 2006].
5. Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees. The State of the World's Refugees 2006 - Human Displacement in the New Millennium. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
6. Hodgetts TJ, Mackway-Jones K. Major Incident Medical Management and Support. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1995; 3-7.
7. Simpson DM. The metrics of hazards or the hazards of metrics: thoughts on the measurement of community preparedness. Centre for Hazards Research and Policy Development, University of Louisville, 2006. Available from URL: http://dels.nas.edu/dr/docs/dr16/simpson.pdf [Accessed 4 May 2006].
8. United Nations. Report of the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable development of Small Island Developing States. New York: United Nations, 2005.
9. Joint Assessment Team. Tsunami impact and recovery - joint needs assessment. World Bank-Asian Development Bank-United Nations System, 2005. Available from URL: http://www.un.int/maldives/TsunamiImpactandRecovery.pdf [Accessed 27 April 2006].
10. UNDP Somalia. Quarterly update (January 2005) - the tsunami in Somalia. United Nations Development Programme, 2005. Available from URL: http://www.so.undp.org [Accessed 3 May 2006].
11. IRC. Annual report 2004. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2004. Available from URL: http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/ar/ ar2004/chapter1/africa.asp [Accessed 27 April 2006].
12. Oxfam. Current emergencies 2006. Oxfam Great Britain, 2006. Available from URL: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ [Accessed 27 April 2006].
13. University of the Witwatersrand. Faculty of Health Sciences - Rules and Syllabuses 2006. Johannesburg: University of Witwatersrand, 2006.
14. SAQA. NQF - an overview. South African Qualifications Authority, 2006. Available from URL: http://www.saqa.org.za [Accessed 27 April 2006].
15. IRC. World Disaster Report 2004 - Focus on Community Resilience. Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2004.
16. De Boer J, Van Remmen J. Order in Chaos. Culemborg: LiberChem Publication Solutions, 2003.
17. Mbeki TM. Statement of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the 'African Renaissance Conference'. Johannesburg, 28 September 1998, Office of the Deputy President, 1998. Available from URL: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/ 98929_0w4619811162.htm [Accessed 5 May 2006].