• Lauren Walsh, Italo Subbarao, Kristine Gebbie, Kenneth W Schor, Jim Lyznicki, Kandra Strauss-Riggs, Arthur Cooper, Edbert B Hsu, Richard V King, John A Mitas, John Hick, Rebecca Zukowski, Brian A Altman, Ruth Anne Steinbrecher, and James J James.
• Center for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois 60654, USA. Lauren.walsh@ama-assn.org
• Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar 1;6(1):44-52.

AbstractEffective preparedness, response, and recovery from disasters require a well-planned, integrated effort with experienced professionals who can apply specialized knowledge and skills in critical situations. While some professionals are trained for this, others may lack the critical knowledge and experience needed to effectively perform under stressful disaster conditions. A set of clear, concise, and precise training standards that may be used to ensure workforce competency in such situations has been developed. The competency set has been defined by a broad and diverse set of leaders in the field and like-minded professionals through a series of Web-based surveys and expert working group meetings. The results may provide a useful starting point for delineating expected competency levels of health professionals in disaster medicine and public health.

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