Academic Affiliated Training Centers in Humanitarian Health, Part I: Program Characteristics and Professionalization Preferences of Centers in North America

被引:25
作者
Burkle, Frederick M., Jr. [1 ,2 ]
Walls, Alexa E. [1 ]
Heck, Joan P. [1 ]
Sorensen, Brian S. [1 ]
Cranmer, Hilarie H. [1 ,3 ]
Johnson, Kirsten [1 ,4 ]
Levine, Adam C. [1 ,5 ]
Kayden, Stephanie [1 ,6 ,7 ]
Cahill, Brendan [8 ]
VanRooyen, Michael J. [1 ,9 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Harvard Humanitarian Initiat, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Woodrow Wilson Int Ctr Scholars, Washington, DC 20560 USA
[3] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Ctr Global Hlth, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[4] McGill Univ, Humanitarian Studies Initiat, Montreal, PQ, Canada
[5] Brown Univ, Alpert Med Sch, Global Emergency Med Fellowship, Providence, RI 02912 USA
[6] Harvard Humanitarian Initiat, Lavine Family Humanitarian Studies Initiat, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[7] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Int Emergency Med Fellowship, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[8] Fordham Univ, Inst Int Humanitarian Affairs, Bronx, NY 10458 USA
[9] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Int Hlth & Humanitarian Programs, Boston, MA 02115 USA
关键词
competencies; ERLHA; humanitarian education and training; humanitarian health; professionalization;
D O I
10.1017/S1049023X12001690
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
The collaborative London based non-governmental organization network ELRHA (Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance) supports partnerships between higher education institutions and humanitarian organizations worldwide with the objective to enhance the professionalization of the humanitarian sector. While coordination and control of the humanitarian sector has plagued the response to every major crisis, concerns highlighted by the 2010 Haitian earthquake response further catalyzed and accelerated the need to ensure competency-based professionalization of the humanitarian health care work force. The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative sponsored an independent survey of established academically affiliated training centers in North America that train humanitarian health care workers to determine their individual training center characteristics and preferences in the potential professionalization process. The survey revealed that a common thread of profession-specific skills and core humanitarian competencies were being offered in both residential and online programs with additional programs offering opportunities for field simulation experiences and more advanced degree programs. This study supports the potential for the development of like-minded academic affiliated and competency-based humanitarian health programs to organize themselves under ELRHA's regional "consultation hubs'' worldwide that can assist and advocate for improved education and training opportunities in less served developing countries.
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页码:155 / 162
页数:8
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