Academic affiliated training centers in humanitarian health, part i: Program characteristics and professionalization preferences of centers in North America

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-162

  Burkle, Frederick M ^a,b   Walls, Alexa E ^a   Heck, Joan P ^a   Sorensen, Brian S ^a   Cranmer, Hilarie H ^a,c   Johnson, Kirsten ^a,d   Levine, Adam C ^a,e   Kayden, Stephanie ^a,f   Cahill, Brendan ^g   Vanrooyen, Michael J ^a,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; ERLHA; Humanitarian education and training; Humanitarian health; Professionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875942922     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001690     Document Type: Article

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