Evidence Report of Bioterrorism: Training for Rare Public Health Events
Completed: October 2001 Investigators Christina L. Catlett, MD
Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc
Mollie W. Jenckes, MHSc
Karen A. Robinson, MSc
Derrick Mitchell, BA
John Hage, MD
Carolyn J. Feuerstein
Simon Chuang
Eric B. Bass, MD, MPH
Questions
In addition to bioterrorist events, four public health models were identified as potentially useful models: Infectious disease outbreaks (including reportable diseases) Toxidromes (symptom complexes related to toxin exposures) or mass poisonings Fear or anxiety caused in the general population or among health care providers in response to catastrophic events or other events inducing mass hysteria Events that require proper use of hosptial disaster plans
The following research questions were addressed for bioterrorist events and the four public health models:
What are effective methods for the initial training of clinicians for detection and management of a bioterrorist attack? ("Effective methods" are defined as those which achieve learning objectives). What are effective methods for updating and reinforcing the training of clinicians in detecting and managing a bioterrorist attack? What are effective methods for training clinicians to use web or telephone based central information resources in the event of a bioterrorist attack? What are effective methods for training clinicians to report events to a central agency in the event of a bioterrorist attack? What are effective methods for training clinicians to communicate with other health care professionals (within and across institutions) in the event of a bioterrorist attack?
link to summary of report on AHRQ site link to evidence report on AHRQ site
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