Core Competencies in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance: A Systematic Review

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 430-439

  Ripoll Gallardo, Alba ^a   Djalali, Ahmadreza ^a   Foletti, Marco ^a   Ragazzoni, Luca ^a   Della Corte, Francesco ^a   Lupescu, Olivera ^b   Arculeo, Chris ^c   Von Arnim, Gotz ^d   Friedl, Tom ^d   Ashkenazi, Michael ^e   Fisher, Philipp ^e   Hreckovski, Boris ^f   Khorram Manesh, Amir ^g   Komadina, Radko ^h   Lechner, Konstanze ⁱ   Stal, Marc ^j   Patru, Cristina ^k   Burkle, Frederick M ^l   Ingrassia, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b 'Floreasca' Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^c Hanover Associates   (United Kingdom)

^d National Health Career School of Management   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f Croatian Urgent Medicine and Surgery Association   (Croatia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^j Global Risk Forum GRF Davos   (Switzerland)

^k Clinical and Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

competency based education; disaster medicine education; humanitarian aid; professionalization

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DISASTER; DISASTER MEDICINE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84937570080     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.24     Document Type: Review

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