Improving emergency response capability: An approach for strengthening learning from emergency response evaluations

International Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 324-337

  Borell, Jonas ^a   Eriksson, Kerstin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency management; Emergency response capability; Evaluation; Individual learning; Organisational learning; Transfer

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES; EVALUATION; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING; TRANSFER;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEBANON; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 66149135653     PISSN: 14714825     EISSN: 17415071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEM.2008.025101     Document Type: Article

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