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Preparedness Webinar: Incident Command System - Operational, Regulatory and Related Perspectives
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Preparedness Webinar: Incident Command System - Operational, Regulatory and Related Perspectives
Description and Learning Objectives
ACPM is offering a series of 12 courses on Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response, covering a range of critical topics. Learners will have an opportunity to acquire new knowledge or refresh key concepts and related perspectives to be better informed and equipped and contribute to the planning and response of public health emergencies.

This is the first course in the series focused on Incident Command System - Operational, Regulatory and Related Perspectives.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the rationale for and utility of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Describe the basic organizational structure of the Incident Command System (ICS) and its functional components
  • Define the relevance of NIMS and ICS principles to public health emergencies.
  • Contrast Unified Command and Area Command
  • Name the essential facilities in the context of Incident Management
  • Describe the relevance of NIMS/ICS features for facilitating public health crisis risk communication 
Author Biographies

 

Daniel Barnett, MD, MPH

Dr. Daniel Barnett is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH), where he has joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management and in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society. He directs the Public Health Preparedness Certificate Program at JHBSPH. Dr. Barnett’s research foci include psychosocial resilience dimensions of public health & healthcare system functioning during and after disasters, as well as on technological and related data innovations to optimize this functioning. He is a member of the WHO Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Research Network. He received his MD degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and he completed his residency training in General Preventive Medicine at Johns Hopkins.

 

 

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Expires on Sep 27, 2027
Cost:
Non-Member: $45.00
Student/Resident Member: $35.00
ACPM Subscriber: $35.00
Member: $35.00
Credit Offered:
1 CME Credit
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