TY - JOUR
T1 - Competency-based standardized training for humanitarian providers
T2 - making humanitarian assistance a professional discipline.
AU - Johnson, Kirsten
AU - Idzerda, Leanne
AU - Baras, Rachel
AU - Camburn, Jessica
AU - Hein, Karen
AU - Walker, Peter
AU - Burkle, Frederick M.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - The number of people employed in international humanitarian care is growing at a yearly rate of 6%. The demand for better coordination, accountability, and training has led to a need for standardized humanitarian training programs for providers. Training should be based on comprehensive core competencies that providers must demonstrate in addition to their skill-specific competencies. This report explores the competencies specific to humanitarian training that are practice- and application-oriented, teachable, and measurable. Competency-based, standardized programs will be used to select humanitarian workers deployed in future crises and to guide the professionalization of this discipline.
AB - The number of people employed in international humanitarian care is growing at a yearly rate of 6%. The demand for better coordination, accountability, and training has led to a need for standardized humanitarian training programs for providers. Training should be based on comprehensive core competencies that providers must demonstrate in addition to their skill-specific competencies. This report explores the competencies specific to humanitarian training that are practice- and application-oriented, teachable, and measurable. Competency-based, standardized programs will be used to select humanitarian workers deployed in future crises and to guide the professionalization of this discipline.
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U2 - 10.1017/dmp.2013.10
DO - 10.1017/dmp.2013.10
M3 - Article
C2 - 24229519
AN - SCOPUS:84896962881
VL - 7
SP - 369
EP - 372
JO - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
JF - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
SN - 1935-7893
IS - 4
ER -