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. 2005 Sep-Oct;120(5):504–514. doi: 10.1177/003335490512000505

The Road Map to Preparedness: a competency-based approach to all-hazards emergency readiness training for the public health workforce.

Cindy L Parker 1, Daniel J Barnett 1, Ayanna L Fews 1, David Blodgett 1, Jonathan M Links 1
PMCID: PMC1497753  PMID: 16224983

Abstract

Facing limited time and budgetary resources, state and local health departments need a practical, competency-based training approach to meet the all-hazards readiness requirements of their employees. The Road Map to Preparedness is a training tool designed to assist health departments in providing comprehensive, agency-tailored readiness instruction to their employees. This tool uses an incentive-based, game-like, experiential learning approach to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's nine core competencies for all public health workers while facilitating public health employees' understanding and acceptance of their emergency response roles. A corresponding evaluation tool, the Road Map to Preparedness Evaluation, yields metrically-driven assessments of public health employee readiness competencies. Since its pilot in 2003, the Road Map to Preparedness has met with enthusiastic response from participating health departments in the mid-Atlantic region. In addition to its public health impact, the Road Map offers future promise as a tool to assist organizational emergency response training in private sector and non-public health first-responder agency settings.

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