3) Personal qualities: respectful interprofessional staff interactions; preparedness for tutorials; demonstration of a passion for teaching; and demonstration of a passion for their career choice.
Once DHTs reach an acceptable level of validation, their successful integration into a treatment practice will depend on the staff's preparedness and willingness to learn new technologies.
Barden credited the coaching staff for his preparedness.
Furthermore, the effect of institution-wide training of clinical and non-clinical staff on disaster preparedness should be evaluated in future studies.
For instance, in the case of tsunami risk, Johnston et al. have clearly shown how a large part of visitors to coastal Washington had not seen the tsunami hazard maps and was unaware of the tsunami warning system (Johnston et al. 2002), and that levels of staff training and preparedness for tsunami hazards were generally low, in particular in small hotels and guest houses (Johnston et al. 2007).
At most of the units, staff members expressed preparedness for this type of patient.
Institutional education and the publicizing of favorable outcomes will help to motivate staff in maintaining preparedness for these cases.
Additional relevant texts, manuals and regulatory requirements on training of hospital staff for disaster preparedness cited by these courses or published competency sets were reviewed.
While disease investigations were an important component of LHDs' early response to the H1N1 pandemic, many other staff, including emergency preparedness managers and laboratorians also played important roles.
While competency statements for public health workers, medical students, and various hospital staff in emergency preparedness have been previously outlined, important differences exist in the derivation methods, degree of inclusiveness in development processes, level of detail and how the term competency is defined [ 25- 30].
