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Disaster-Related Competencies for Healthcare Providers
Community Volunteers
- CERT Training Materials
Citizen Corps, Community Emergency Response Team Program. See page 6 of the Basic Training Instructor Guide, 2011. - Code of Good Practice in the Management and Support of Aid Personnel: Principles and Indicators (PDF, 88.4 KB)
People in Aid - DSHR [Disaster Services Human Resources] Competencies & Activity Checklists
Oregon Red Cross Disaster Services Human Resources. Lists competencies for 32 positions.
Culturally Competent Responders
- Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response
This curriculum is based on the Office of Minority Health’s Recommended National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health - Cultural, Ethical, and Spiritual Competencies of Health Care Providers Responding to a Catastrophic Event
Jose MM. Crit Care Nurs North Am. 2010 Dec;22(4)455-64.
Emergency Managers
- Public Risk Management Association Core Competencies (PDF, 48.9 KB)
Public Risk Management Association
Humanitarian Workers
- Professionalising the Humanitarian Sector: A Scoping Study (PDF, 6.4 MB)
Competencies are listed on pages 34-38.
ELRHA: Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance
Long-Term Care Facility Providers
Medical Reserve Corps
- Medical Reserve Corps Core Competencies Matrix (PDF, 438 KB)
U.S. Office of the Surgeon General
Multiple Disciplines
- Development of National Standardized All-Hazards Disaster Core Competencies for Acute Care Physicians, Nurses, and EMS Professionals
Schultz CH, Koenig KL, Whiteside M, Murray R. National Standardized All-Hazard Disaster Core Competencies Task Force. Ann Emerg Med 2010 Mar;59(3);196-208.e1. Epub 2011 Oct 7. - Consensus-based Educational Framework and Competency Set for the Discipline of Disaster (PDF, 406.9 KB)
Subbarao I, Lyznicki JM, Hsu EB, Gebbie KM, Markenson D, Barzansky B, Armstrong JH, Cassimatis EG, Coule PL, Dallas CE, King RV, Rubinson L, Sattin R, Swienton RE, Lillibridge S, Burkle FM, Schwartz RB, James JJ. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Mar;2(1):57-68. - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: A Discipline for All Health Professionals
James JJ, Benjamin GC, Burkle FM Jr, Gebbie KM, Kelen G, Subbarao I. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Jun;4(2):102-7. - Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Walsh L, Subbarao I, Gebbie K, Schor KW, Lyznicki J, Strauss-Riggs K, Cooper A, Hsu EB, King RV, Mitas JA 2nd, Hick J, Zukowski R, Altman BA, Steinbrecher RA, James JJ. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar;6(1):44-52. - Emergency Preparedness and Response Competencies for Hospital Workers (PDF, 120.8 KB)
Center for Public Health Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - On Academics: Training for Disaster Response Personnel: The Development of Proposed Core Competencies in Disaster Mental Health
Everly GS Jr, Beaton RD, Pfefferbaum B, Parker CL. ASPH/CDC Mental Health and Psychosocial Preparedness Collaboration Group. Public Health Rep. 2008 Jul-Aug;123(4):539-42. - Developing Objectives, Content, and Competencies for the Training of Emergency Medical Technicians, Emergency Physicians, and Emergency Nurses to Care for Casualties Resulting From Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical (NBC) Incidents: Final Report
Office of Emergency Preparedness and American College of Emergency Physicians - Recommended Hospital Staff Core Competencies for Disaster Preparedness (PDF, 359 KB)
Florida State Working Group / Florida Hospital Association - Healthcare Worker Competencies for Disaster Training
Hsu EB, Thomas TL, Bass EB, Whyne D, Kelen GD, Green GB. BMC Med Educ. 2006 Mar 20;6:19. - Development of an “All-Hazards” Hospital Disaster Preparedness Training Course Using Multi-Modality Teaching (PDF, 357 KB)
See “Table 1 -- Seven Core Competencies for Healthcare Workers in the Area of Disaster Training.”
Collander B, Green B, Millo Y, Shamloo C, Donnellan J, DeAtley C. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;23(1):63-7; discussion 68-9. - Preparing Health Professions Students for Terrorism, Disaster, and Public Health Emergencies: Core Competencies (PDF, 84.8 KB)
Center for Public Health Preparedness, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - Target Capabilities List (PDF, 4.2 MB)
Not a competency document, but usually consulted by those developing competencies.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program: Healthcare Personnel Emergency Preparedness (HPEP) Competencies (PDF, 478 KB)
Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Emergency Preparedness - European Master in Disaster Medicine
Competencies are listed for each course module.
Università del Piemonte Orientale and others
Nurses
- The Role of Public Health Nurses in Emergency Preparedness and Response: Position Paper (PDF, 244.6 KB)
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing - Educational Competencies for Registered Nurses Responding to Mass Casualty Incidents
Nursing Emergency Preparedness Education Coalition - Develop Nursing Students’ Disaster Competency by Working with the American Red Cross (PDF, 116.4 KB)
American Red Cross - Disaster Preparedness White Paper for Community/Public Health Nursing Educators (PDF, 40.2 KB)
Association of Community Health Nursing Educators - Public Health Nursing Competencies for Public Health Surge Events
Polivka BJ, Stanley SA, Gordon D, Taulbee K, Kieffer G, McCorkle SM. Public Health Nurs.2008 Mar-Apr;25(2):159-65. - Core Competencies Required for Disaster Nursing
University of Hyogo Graduate School of Nursing - Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Core Competencies for Nurses
Gebbie KM, Qureshi K. Am J Nurs. 2002 Jan;102(1):46-51. - ICN Framework of Disaster Nursing Competencies (PDF, 2.1 MB)
International Council of Nurses - Education Committee of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
Education Committee of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators. Public Health Nurs. 2010 Jul-Aug;27(4):371-82. - Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Core Competency Set for Perinatal and Neonatal Nurses
Jorgensen AM, Mendoza GJ, Henderson JL. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2010 Jul-Aug;39(4):450-65, quiz 465-7.
Pharmacists
- Pharmacist Readiness Training Program: Pharmacist Readiness Roles and Competencies (PDF, 120.9 KB)
U.S. Public Health Service - Pharmacist Readiness Roles for Emergency Preparedness
Pincock LL, Montello MJ, Tarosky MK, Pierce WF, Edwards CW. American J Health Syst Pharm. 2011 April 1;68(7):620-3.
Physicians
- Disasters from Biological and Chemical Terrorism - What Should the Individual Surgeon Do?: A Report from the Committee on Trauma
American College of Surgeons - Guidelines for Preclerkship Bioterrorism Curricula
Coico R, Kachur E, Lima V, Lipper S; Association of Medical School Microbiology and Immunology Chairs. Acad Med. 2004 Apr;79(4):366-75. - American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Competencies – 2008 (PDF, 86.2 KB)
See Section 7. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
See also the position statement on the Role of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Physicians in Emergency Preparedness and Response.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Public Health Professionals and Students
- Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competency Model Final Version 1.0 (PDF, 566 KB)
Association of Schools of Public Health - Competency Framework (PDF, 144.5 KB)
Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center - Competencies for Public Health Informaticians 2009 (PDF, 294.5 KB)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Workforce and Career Development and University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Center for Public Health Informatics - Bioterrorism & Emergency Readiness: Competencies for All Public Health Workers (PDF, 148.8 KB)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Columbia University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy - Bioterrorism / Emergency Readiness Competency Mapping Guide (PDF, 2 MB)
University of Minnesota School of Public Health Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach - Competencies Necessary for Japanese Public Health Center Directors in Responding to Public Health Emergencies
Japanese Journal of Public Health (Article in Japanese. Abstract in English.) - Public Health and Crisis Leadership Competency Framework
The Heartland Center for Community and Public Health Leadership and The Heartland Center for Public Health Preparedness, Saint Louis University - Draft Preparedness and Response Competencies. Version 7
C2 Technologies
Veterans Affairs Employees
- All Employees Emergency Response Competencies (PDF, 250.5 KB)
George Washington University Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
Veterinarians
- Veterinary Accreditation and Some New Imperatives for National Preparedness
Wenzel JG, Wright JC. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2007 May 1;230(9):1309-12.

