Healthcare worker competencies for disaster training
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Healthcare worker competencies for disaster training
BACKGROUND Although training and education have long been accepted as integral to disaster preparedness, many currently taught practices are neither evidence-based nor standardized. The need for effective evidence-based disaster training of healthcare staff at all levels, including the development of standards and guidelines for training in the multi-disciplinary health response to major events...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Medical Education
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1472-6920
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-19