BTCDP All-Awardee Conference - Draft Agenda (as of 2-8-08)

April 15, 16, 17 2008
Hilton Hotel : 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

THEME: Are We Prepared? . . . Educating and Training the Healthcare Workforce.

6 pm-10 pm Pre-Conference Registration	Room TBD
Agenda DAY 1:	Plenary
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Registration and Morning Break
8:00 am - 9:00 am Introduction & Welcome Barry Stern	Introduction BTCDP Staff Conference Planning Committee CE, former CE, Former CD ASPR Leadership Director- Division of Healthcare Systems Preparedness Programs Welcome Dr. Sizemore-: Principal Deputy Director OPEO Dr. Yeskey/Admiral Vanderwagen OASPR, PAHPA and the Vision of Preparedness Planning” Keynote : TBA
9:00 am - 9:45 am National Evaluation Results Virginia Fowkes	George Washington University – Evaluation Contract results Quantitative data: Rebecca Katz Number trained Types of Courses Overview of Number/type of exercise Qualitative Data: Christine Ferguson Evaluation of Exercise Policy Implications Discussant: Virginia Fowkes “Blueprint”
9:45 am - 10:15 am	Break & Visit CE Posters
	Breakout Rooms
10:15 am - 11:15 am Curriculum Development Mark Oberle Cecelia Rokusek	CD Breakout: 23 former BTCDP Curriculum Development awardees provide: Components approved in a curriculum. Disciplines with hard wired preparedness requirements. Evaluation of success? Follow up with graduates of their heath professions program? Sustaining preparedness curricula in programs no longer receiving BTCDP funds. 10 awardees from ’03 requiring hard wiring of preparedness into curricula of 1 healthcare discipline; 13 awardees from ’05 requiring hard wiring of preparedness into curricula for 3 disciplines. Florida – Leonard A.Levy, DPM, MPH - Research by Cecilia F. Rokusek, Ed.D, RD - Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida All Hazards Preparedness – Integration into the Curriculum for Medicine , Pharmacy, Optometry, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Physician Asssitant, Occupational therapy, and Podiatry Montana – Jean Carter and Sandra Kuntz – Montana Basic Bio-Defense Project – University of Montana w/ Montana State University Montana Basic Bio-Defense Project: Current Status and Lessons Learned Illinois – Barbara Barzansky, PhD – American Medical Association Online, competency-based Approach for Delivering All-Hazards Preparedness Training to Interprofessional Teams of Health Professions Students California – Veronica Acosta-Deprez, PhD and Sarath Gunatilake, MD, PhD – Cal State University, Long Beach Pathways to progress: The current and Future Developments of the Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program at California State University , Long Beach Connecticut – Kathi Traugh, MPH – Yale University School of Public Health Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Connecticut: 2003-2007 Michigan – Susan White, MD; Sharon Popp, PhD; Matthew Jackson, PhD; - Wayne State University School of Medicine Terrorism, Disaster, and Public Health Emergency (TDPHE) Undergraduate Curriculum at Wayne State University Nebraska – Janice Tompkins, Mary C. Haven, Phyllis Muellenberg – University of Nebraska Medical Center, School of Allied Health Professions Lessons Learned: Require it or Give Extra Credit Illinois – Marcia Edison, PhD – University of Illinois- Chicago Disaster Drills for Medical Students Washington – Andy Stergachis – Northwest Center for Public Health Practice – University of Washington The University of Washington Experience with the BTCDP New Jersey – Drew A. Harris, DPM, MPH – University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Development of Bioterrorism Learning Objectives New York – Wilmer Alvarez – Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health The BT Curriculum Development (CD) Program at Columbia University Medical Center
	Plenary
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Healthcare Accreditation Organizations Morris Flood	BTCDP Contracts with Accreditation Organizations Plenary Presentations by: CACREP Carol Bobby/Carolyn Beckett CAAHEP Kathleen McGivern /Jim Mecklenberg Discussion Florida – Kathleen Megivern, JD – Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) Herding cats: Convincing 19 diverse allied health professions that they DO have a role in emergency preparedness Virginia - Carolyn Beckett – Counsel for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Counselors as Responders
12:15 pm -1:30 pm Lunch	Lunch
1:30-1:45 pm Barry Stern	CDC - CPHP Preparedness and PAHPA
	Breakout Rooms
1:45 pm-2:45 pm Best Practices I: Didactic Paul McKinney	Delivery Method Rm 1 & 2 Online courses Face-to-face learning Video conferencing CD’s Assessing performance Hawaii - Anna Daddario, MSW - University of Hawaii-Honolulu Best Practices in Online Course Delivery Idaho- Jaishree Beedasy, PhD – Idaho State University A Multimodal and Blended Training Delivery Approach for Emergency Preparedness Illinois - Cate O’Brien - Mather LifeWays Delivering Preparedness Training to Long Term Care Healthcare Providers Kentucky - Andrea Husband – University of Kentucky Overcoming Delivery Method Challenges Identified during Outreach to Agricultural Audiences Colorado - Stephen Cantrill, MD - Denver Health and Hospital Authority Value of a Student Resource CD New Mexico / Arizona - Ben Munger, Ph.D - CREST Answering The Call and using local content Georgia - Richard Sattin, M.D. - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia The National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Courses Texas - Mary desVignes-Kendrick, M.D – Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health<<br />Didactic best Practices for the Texas BCE AMA- James James, MD [Invited] Subject Matter Rm 3 & 4 Triage- Scenarios The impact of disasters on other segments of society: agriculture environment veterinary mental health population evacuation Florida - Sally Bragg R.N., MSN, CCRC - Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Evaluation of a Statewide School Nurse All-Hazards Preparedness Training Kansas – Marta Skalacki – University of Kansas Medical Center Can it Happen in Kansas? Responding to Seven types of Disasters Montana - Doris Barta, MHA – University of Montana Pediatric Trauma Education and Training South Carolina - Beth Kennedy, Ralph Shealy, Deborah Carson - Medical University of South Carolina / South Carolina AHEC Findings from the BTCDP Experience applied to the SC Medical Reserve Corps Training New York – Mark N. Waldenmaier - New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Continuing Education (NYCEPCE) - University of Albany Center for Public Health Preparedness, New York Establishing Trained County Animal Response Teams for Emergency Preparedness: In-person and Web-based Training, A Synergistic Approach New Jersey - Craig R. Savageau M.S. HCMG, Educator, Saint Barnabas Health Care System - UMDNJ-NJ Medical School Agro terrorism: Training NJ Veterinarians Nevada - Marcie Jackson - Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center When the First Responder Needs Help: Providing Continuing Mental Health Trainings Assessing performance Room 5 & 6 Pre test Post Test Simulations 6 month follow up or refresher course(s) Observed Exercises Other Minnesota - Sheila Hoover, PhD; Jeanne Pfeiffer, RN, MPH, CIC; Mary Hoeppner, EdD, RN - Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET) - University of Minnesota MERET’s “Applying Infection Control Practices: An Online Case-based Assessment” Illinois– Christina Hantsch Bardsley, MD; Christine Stake MCHC-Chicago hospital Council Increasing the value of Mandatory Emergency Response Exercises
2:45 pm-3:30 pm Poster Session I Emily Larson Ben Munger	Break & Visit Posters: projects/demos and curriculum materials 4 previous CE 7 NEST 2 Accreditation Contracts Arkansas - Steven W. Strode, MD, MEd, MPH; Charles O. Cranford, DDS, MPA – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Arkansas Bioterrorism Continuing Education Partnership Connecticut – Elaine Forte, MT (ASCP) – Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training Solution for the Healthcare Workforce Florida – Cecilia Rokusek, EdD, RD – Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine Preparing Our Nation’s Most Vulnerable Populations Georgia - Jack A. Horner - Medical College of Georgia Georgia BDLS/Bioterrorism Training Program Illinois - Theresa Sangram - Mather LifeWays Impact of Preparedness Training on Organizational Disaster Plans New York – Leslie Horn, MPH - The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York Online Competency Based Emergency Preparedness Training for Hospital Clinicians Texas – Andria Vickery – Texas A&M University Rural School of Public Health Modification of a National NDLS Training Program –Advanced Disaster Life Support West Virginia – Rachel T. Abraham, MD, MPH – West Virginia University School of Medicine Lessons Learned “Bioterrorism and Threat Preparedness SCORM-Compliant Web-based Courses” + Allied Health & Counseling Accreditation Organizations Florida – Kathleen Megivern, J.D. – Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs(CAAHEP) Overview of CAAHEP & Preparedness Standards for Allied Health Professions Virginia – Carolyn Beckett – Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) CACREP Mental Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Standards
	Breakout Room
3:30 pm-4:30 pm Best Practices II: Exercises Mark Schneider	Discussion-based Exercises: Orientations Tabletops California – Virginia Fowkes, MHS - California Area Health Education Center-University of California Regents Impact of Table top Exercises on Community Health Centers Georgia - Richard B. Schwartz, M.D. - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia The National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) Courses Florida - Sally Bragg R.N., MSN, CCRC - Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tabletop Exercises for School Health Providers Illinois - Beverly Parota - Mather LifeWays, IL Conducing Tabletop Exercises for Long-term Care Providers Illinois – Rebecca Roberts, MD – MCHC-Chicago Hospital Council Developing Preparedness Table-Top Exercises for use as a Collaborative Educational Tool Hawaii - John B. Vogler, MA and Philip H. Page, MA – Pacific Emergency Management , Preparedness, and Response Information Network and Training Services (Pacific EMPRINTS) - University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i Vulnerable Populations GIS Mapping and Tabletop Exercise Integration New Mexico - Michael Richards, MD - Critical Response and Emergency Systems Training (CREST) Program University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercises Connecticut – Jeffery Schlegelmilch, MPH, MEP - The National Alliance for Training HealthCare for Emergency Response (NATHCER) Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Management and Disaster Response The Use of a Standardized Exercise to Evaluate Emergency Preparedness Training Effectiveness for Healthcare Workers Nevada – Ross Bryant – Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center Beyond didactic: integrating table Top Exercises into a Conference format Operations-based Exercises: Drills- Functional Exercises: including Simulations Full-Scale Exercises –Triage: MT, SC, ID The “recovery phase” of an exercise [Definition: One week to one month] Hot wash Demos Idaho - Ramesh Ramloll, PhD- Idaho State University Best practices for supporting emergency preparedness simulation exercises involving both face to face and geographically separated participants Kentucky - Melissa Schreck - University of Louisville Virtual Exercise Development Using an Infectious Disease Scenario Colorado - Stephen Cantrill , MD / Todd Manns - BNICE Training Center - Denver Health and Hospital Authority Combining Strong ICS Concepts with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Protocols to develop a worthwhile exercise Texas - Michael Proctor, M.D., Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health Texas BCE Functional Exercise Best Practices Montana – Doug Allington, Earl Hall, Steve Glow – University of Montana Managing Multiple casualty Incidents: The Hospital Pre-Hospital Interface Training New York – Leslie Horn, Ph.D – New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Continuing Education – The Trustees of Columbia University Virtual Hospital Emergency Response Exercises Minnesota – Jeanne Pfeiffer , RN, MPH, CIC – Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training Programs (MERET) – University of Minnesota Hospital “First-Receivers”: Is Your Team ready to respond? South Carolina - Dr. Ralph Shealy - Medical University of South Carolina/South Carolina AHEC How to FEMA Decontamination Course into Perspective for Small Rural Hospitals Kansas – David Cook, Ph.D – University of Kansas Medical Center Preparedness & Response Training: Mass Casualty Disaster Exercises New Jersey – Teri E. Lassister, MPH – NJ Dental School – UMDNJ – NJ Medical School Sheltering in Place – An Academic Institution
	Plenary
4:30 pm-5:00 pm Barry Stern	Committee members: Report and open microphone.
Day 2	Plenary
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Registration and Morning Break
8:00 am-9:40 am Dissemination of Curricula: Best Practices & Lessons-Learned Beth Kennedy	NEST – Best Practices, Lessons Learned & Recommendations; Presentations by each of 7 Supplemental Awardees on: ”Pilot Testing National dissemination of Preparedness Curricula” Goals & Objectives of each target discipline Accomplishments Problems & barriers encountered; solutions attempted Map of Populations served Recommendations Connecticut - Mark Schneider, MBA - Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Management and Disaster Response National Dissemination of Training for the Healthcare Workforce via The National Alliance for Training Health Care for Emergency Response (NATHCER) Texas - Scott .R. Lillibridge, M.D. -Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health Pilot Testing a National Training Strategy Lessons Learned: Texas BCE Florida - James Howell M.D., M.P.H. (Researched by Sally Bragg R.N., MSN, CCRC) - Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine ”Preparing A National Template for MRC Training” South Carolina - Deborah Carson, Beth Kennedy, David Garr - Medical University of South Carolina / South Carolina AHEC Dissemination of Curricula: Consensus and Thought Leaders Georgia - New York - Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN - The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York (New York) National Training Strategy for Community Health Center Emergency Preparedness Illinois - Cate O’Brien - Mather LifeWays, IL Mather LifeWays’ BTCDP Supplemental Grant Program
9:40 am -10:00 am Dissemination of Curricula: NEST Draft Report Elizabeth Ablah or Mike Schmidt	NEST –Draft Report on Curricula Dissemination:
10:00 am - 10:45 am Poster Session II Ben Munger Emily Larson	Break & Visit Posters, projects, demos and curriculum materials from 12 Continuing Education awardees (non NEST) California – H. John Blossom, MD – - California Preparedness Education Network (cal-PEN) - California Area Health Education Center –University of California Regents Cal-PEN: A Unique Statewide Preparedness Education Network Colorado - Stephen Cantrill, MD - Denver Health and Hospital Authority Mental Health Partnership Hawaii - Philip H. Page - University of Hawaii Manoa US Affiliated Pacific Island Avian Influenza Preparedness Training Workshop Idaho- Ramesh Ramloll, PhD - Idaho State University The effectiveness of Multi-user Virtual Learning Environments for emergency preparedness training and their impact on knowledge network building Illinois- Stephanie Black, MD – MCHC Cost Effective Continuing Education Kansas – Won Choi, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center Can it Happen in Kansas? Response to Terror and Disasters Kentucky – Adrienne Whitt – University of Louisville The University of Kentucky Behavioral Health Disaster Response Project Minnesota – Andrea Hickle, MPH; Sheila Hoover, PhD; Tonya Fitzgerald, MPA; Joan Rambeck, MS, RN, CPHP. Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET - University of Minnesota Personal and Family Emergency Preparedness: MERET’s Tools and Training Montana - Vince Colucci, Pharm.D, BCPS - St. Vincent Healthcare Foundation/The University of Montana Montana Infectious Disease Advisory Council and Oracle (MIRACLE) New Jersey - Wendy A. Ritch, MA, MTS, NJ Preparedness Training Consortium - UMDNJ-NJ Medical School From Here to Eternity – Attaining Immortality via Enduring Materials Nevada - Rose Yuhos - Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center “Space Suits”: PPE and Decon Basic Training for Community Health Care Providers New Mexico - Laura Banks, DVM - Critical Response and Emergency Systems Training (CREST) – University of New Mexico/University of Arizona Partnership CREST Website and Learning Management System North Dakota – Linda Olson – University of North Dakota BORDERS - Alert and Ready
	Breakout Rooms
10:45 am - 11:15 am Dissemination of Curricula: Consensus Development	Q & A with 7 NEST awardees on their individual dissemination project plus CHARGE: What Worked Best? From: Lessons Learned & Best Practices Report
	Plenary
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Dissemination of Curricula: Consensus on Discussion & Report Elizabeth Ablah	Plenary Discussion: Dissemination Consensus – 6 reporters & open mike
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch	Lunch
1:15-1:30 pm Barry Stern	DHS- Jennifer Roberson LLIS.gov (Lessons Learned Information Sharing System)
	Breakout Rooms
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Building Federal State and Local Partnerships/ Collaborations -Part I 1:30-2:15 Room 1-5 Doris Barta & BTCDP	Encouraging federal, state, and local partners to collaborate on disaster preparedness plans, surge capacity, etc. Current and previous CD/CE grantees attending sessions on “How can Federal, State, Local agencies/organizations integrate them into future planning ? ; including “CD’s with CE components: Certificate degrees and More” Programs in individual to be invited: HPP - CDR Melissa Sanders - Room 1 ESAR-VHP - Jennifer Hannah & MRCs – CDR Brad Austin - Room 2 REC- Erin Fowler & Glenn Blanchette - National Capitol Region Emergency Coordinator - Room 3 State/ Local/Tribal – Sid Caesar & Dean Ross - IHS; Steve Curren – ASTHO; Jack Herrmann- NACCHO –Room 4 CDC – Andrea Young - Room 5 DHS - Tracey Trautman /Jennifer Roberson - Room 6 NDMS – Jack Beal – Room 7 Veterans Affairs- Shawn Feltz – Room 8 USUHS(DOD)- Stephen Penske – Room 9 EMS(DOT) – Drew Dawson – Room 10 Special Populations – OPEO/ABC - Dan Dodgen, PhD and SAMHSA - Terri Spear - Plenary Room CHARGE: Provide Recommendations to foster and solidify future collaboration between BTCDP awardees, Fed, State Tribal and Local agencies in training and educating healthcare providers and other community responders.
2:15 pm - 3:00 pm Partnerships & Collaboration: Part II Barry Stern	Rooms 6-10 + Plenary
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Break
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Lessons-Learned: Overcoming Obstacles & Barriers: Virginia Fowkes Beth Kennedy	Awardees with expertise in the following areas: Cultural competency - Breakout Room 1,2 & 3 Minority populations - Native Americans - Border populations - California - Victoria Powell & Erin Kennedy - California Preparedness Education Network (cal-PEN) - California Area Health Education Center-University of California Regents Leveraged Improvement of Rural and Spanish Speaker Participation in Preparedness Education Vulnerable/special populations- Geriatric ,Infants and children ,Pregnant women New Jersey - Jane Harkey, MSW, RNC, Grant Coordinator, Rutgers School of Social Work Special People in Special Circumstances – The Elderly, Disabled and Children Florida – Leonard A. Levy, DPM, MPH Center for Bioterrorism and All-Hazards Preparedness, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine Increasing the Safety of Special Needs Children in Disasters: Designing an Educational Program for Parents of Preschool Children with Autism Illinois – Saher Selod – Mather LifeWays Lessons Learned for Disaster Preparedness Training for Long-Term Care Minnesota – Jeanne Pfeiffer, RN, MPH, CIC; Carol O’Boyle, PhD, MS, RN – Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training Program (MERET)- University of Minnesota Schools of Nursing and Public Health Care of Mothers and Neonates During Disasters in Low-Resource Settings Outside of Hospitals Rural Concerns & Issues- Breakout Room 4 &5 Montana - Vince Colucci, PharmD, BCPS – University of Montana Project Barriers and Resolutions: Navigating the Mine Fields Kentucky - Rob Sprang, MBA – University of Louisville State, Regional and National disaster preparedness and response using interactive videoconference telehealth technology – The Kentucky PROACT model Nevada – Roberta Keeley – Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center Rurals have needs too: Focusing on Rural and Frontier Training Sites in Nevada Rural communities, etc –“wildfires/asthma”-FL Maintaining/Improving attendance/courses : Breakout Room #6 Georgia - Phillip L. Coule, MD FACEP - Medical College of Georgia The National Disaster Life Support Training Competencies Texas - Andria Vickery – Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health Overcoming Low Attendance: Lessons Learned by the Texas BCE South Carolina - Dave Garr, MD – Medical University of South Carolina/South Carolina AHEC Preparedness Training for Community Healthcare Providers : Overcoming Obstacles and Barriers “Build It and They Don’t Come” Colorado – Stephen Cantrill, MD - Colorado BNICE Training Center - Denver Health and Hospital Authority Recruiting Highs and Lows Idaho - Annette Phillipp, PhD, MPH – Idaho State University You’ve Got to Take the Bitter with the Better New York – Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D, MPH - New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Continuing Education - The Trustees of Columbia University of the City of New York Evaluation and Modification of Training Material Illinois – Rebecca Roberts, MD – MCHC-Chicago Hospital Council Engaging Participants by converting educational programs into Interactive Computer Formats Kansas – Dale Grube, MA – University of Kansas Medical Center Increasing Attendance of Health and Public Safety Responders Leveraging Resources: Plenary Room “How are ’03 CEs sustained ?” ‘03 CE awardees Discuss how they maintained continuing education preparedness activities, after their federal project ended. Arkansas - Steven W. Strode, MD, MEd, MPH; Charles O. Cranford, DDS, MPA - Arkansas Bioterrorism Continuing Education Partnership - U. AR for Medical Sciences Regional Programs Building the Partnership, Maintaining Awareness, Breaking Down Silos Hawaii - Ann Sakaguchi, MPH, PhD - Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness and Response Information Network and Training Services (Pacific EMPRINTS) - University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Leveraging Resources to Promote Project Growth New Mexico – Laura Banks, DVM, MPH - Critical Response and Emergency Systems Training (CREST) Program - University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Leveraging Partnerships for Success Connecticut - Mark Schneider - The National Alliance for Training HealthCare for Emergency Response (NATHCER) - Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Management and Disaster Response Lessons Learned to a National Dissemination of Emergency Preparedness Education and Training North Dakota – Linda Olson – University of North Dakota BORDERS disaster preparedness program trains health care professionals to be “alert and ready” West Virginia – Floyd K. (Rusty) Russell, EdD – West Virginia University “West Virginia – Continuing Education Preparedness – After the money runs out”
4:30 pm -5:10 pm Plenary Report: Collaboration plus Overcoming Obstacles & Barriers: Barry Stern	Plenary Report on 2 Breakout sessions: Collaboration and Overcoming Obstacles & Barriers
Day 3	Consensus Building: Are We Prepared? – Recommendations for: Compliance, Competency, Standardization, Certification, Credentialing, Dissemination
8:00 am - 8:30 am Next Steps/Future: Compliance & Compiling Standards Mark Schneider	Facilities need to be In Compliance with: Joint Commission, OSHA, CMS Standards Where courses map to Need for creating solutions Compliance based courses
8:30 am - 9:30 am Next Steps/Future: Compiling and Disseminating Preparedness Education & Training Materials Barry Stern	Debbie Carson: “Compiling BTCDP exercises, courses and lessons learned for dissemination - South Carolina AHEC Resource Center (SC)” Faculty training Skills maintenance CEU’s “end-user” Open Mike: Recipients of Federal awards, Project Officers Federal, State, Tribal, Local Reaction Healthcare discipline specific (AMA, RN, CACREP, CAAHEP, RX)
9:30 am - 10:30 am Next Steps/Future: Exercises as Evaluation Tools Virginia Fowkes	How drills/exercises are used as evaluation tools of competency -based education –demonstrations/simulations ? How are they monitored and modified? Panel and open mike with: Virginia Fowkes(CA): “Point: Counterpoint”, followed by Panel Reaction/Discussion: CDC DHS – Jennifer Roberson, Exercise Manager ASPR -Tom Mackay Columbia School of Nursing – Leslie Horn Yale- Jeff Schlegelmilch BTCDP awardee
10:30 am -11:00 am	Break for non awardees
10:30 am -11:00 am Next Steps: BTCDP Closeout	Liz Conklin, OPHS “Closeout Responsibilities” Discussion with Awardees
11:00 am - 12 Noon Future of Preparedness Planning: Competency, Standardization Credentials and Certification Cecelia Rokusek	Can Preparedness become a Discipline? Are Systems Ready (prepared)? Delivering Training as a Service Preparedness Metrics Panel: Kristine Gebbie Leonard Levy TBD TBD Open mike discussion:
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Wrap up. Virginia Fowkes	Outcome of the conference: What’s in place? Blueprint for Training Healthcare Professionals (Recommendations) Turning Practices into Policy Knowledge Management and Information Transfer Next Steps Panel : ASPR- David Marcozzi CA-Christian Sandrock WA-Mark Oberle NJ-Patricia Fleming KS/NY- Elizabeth Ablah All Session Leaders Present - Discussion to follow G. Potential Participants (detail list) 19 Current Continuing Education awardees- 2 each plus 2 key partners from state/region = 76 Former Continuing Education and Curriculum Development awardees = 30 max HPP grantees = 10 ESAR-VHP grantees = 10 DHS Project Officers/training grantees = 10 CDC Project Officers/grantees =10 ASPR leadership = 10 Fed program staff/leadership (DHS, HHS, CDC) = 5 Division of National Healthcare Preparedness Program Staff (HPP, ESAR-VHP, BTCDP)= 13 State & Local, Evaluation Team =7 Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Professionals (CAAHEP) = 1 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) = 1 Other Individual speakers/guests/ = 3 GWU = 2 Total = 188 H. Tentative Dates: April 15,16 17 2008 I. Length: 2 ½ days, including supplemental awardees to present lessons learned from their pilot project J. General conference structure: ASPR leadership addresses the group – Morning of Day 1 Topical presentations, discussions, and workgroups – Days 1-2 Poster sessions– Day 1-2 Recommendations for Certifications, Competencies, Credentialing, Dissemination, Standardization – Day 3