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Editor, Senior Moderator
W V Med J. 2012 Nov-Dec;108(6):12-7.
Tabletop scenarios for realism in bioterrorism and threat preparedness.
Abraham RT, Walls RT, Fischer M, Markovic-Reed S, Solovieva TI, Russell FK, Ducatman AM.
Source
Department of Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences, WVU School of Public Health, WV, USA.
Abstract
Five realistic tabletop scenarios were designed to facilitate threat preparedness training of Medical, Public Health, Nursing, Emergency Services, Mental Health, Allied Health, and Pharmacy personnel. Training scenarios were (1) student contaminates lettuce (Act) in a state university with Shigella sonnei (Agent), (2) dismissed athlete contaminates ice (Act) at the basketball tournament with Escherichia coli (Agent), (3) workers fail to report abandoned backpacks (Act) at a state fair that contain smallpox virus (Agent), (4) terrorists expose county residents (Act) to Pneumonic plague bacterium (Agent), and (5) infected birds expose field-trip participants (Act) to Avian influenza virus (Agent). Evaluation of the tabletops yielded positive ratings of educational outcomes in these domains: well-structured, organized, plausible, realistic, engaging, on-target, useful, and multidisciplinary. Attendees with previous blended-learning courses on bioterrorism and threat preparedness enhanced performance in the tabletop exercises. Evaluative data indicated a new level of competence and self-confidence about being part of a coordinated, local-level, interdisciplinary response.
PMID:
23472535
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472535
Tabletop scenarios for realism in bioterrorism and threat preparedness.
Abraham RT, Walls RT, Fischer M, Markovic-Reed S, Solovieva TI, Russell FK, Ducatman AM.
Source
Department of Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences, WVU School of Public Health, WV, USA.
Abstract
Five realistic tabletop scenarios were designed to facilitate threat preparedness training of Medical, Public Health, Nursing, Emergency Services, Mental Health, Allied Health, and Pharmacy personnel. Training scenarios were (1) student contaminates lettuce (Act) in a state university with Shigella sonnei (Agent), (2) dismissed athlete contaminates ice (Act) at the basketball tournament with Escherichia coli (Agent), (3) workers fail to report abandoned backpacks (Act) at a state fair that contain smallpox virus (Agent), (4) terrorists expose county residents (Act) to Pneumonic plague bacterium (Agent), and (5) infected birds expose field-trip participants (Act) to Avian influenza virus (Agent). Evaluation of the tabletops yielded positive ratings of educational outcomes in these domains: well-structured, organized, plausible, realistic, engaging, on-target, useful, and multidisciplinary. Attendees with previous blended-learning courses on bioterrorism and threat preparedness enhanced performance in the tabletop exercises. Evaluative data indicated a new level of competence and self-confidence about being part of a coordinated, local-level, interdisciplinary response.
PMID:
23472535
[PubMed - in process]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23472535