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Innovations for Tomorrow: Summary of the 2016 Disaster Health Education Symposium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2017

Kelly Gulley*
Affiliation:
National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Rockville, MD; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland
Kandra Strauss-Riggs
Affiliation:
National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Rockville, MD; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland
Thomas D. Kirsch
Affiliation:
National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Rockville, MD; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland
Craig Goolsby
Affiliation:
National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Rockville, MD; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Bethesda, Maryland
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Kelly Gulley, MPH, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), 11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1000, Rockville, MD 20852 (e-mail: Kelly.gulley.ctr@usuhs.edu).

Abstract

In an effort to enhance education, training, and learning in the disaster health community, the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) gathered experts from around the nation in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 8, 2016, for the 2016 Disaster Health Education Symposium: Innovations for Tomorrow. This article summarizes key themes presented during the disaster health symposium including innovations in the following areas: training and education that saves lives, practice, teaching, sharing knowledge, and our communities. This summary article provides thematic content for those unable to attend. Please visit http://ncdmph.usuhs.edu/ for more information. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:160–162)

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Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2017 

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