GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCES: FREE COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY WEEKEND TRAINING ARPIL 6 or 7, 2013

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Stewart, Chris

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Mar 6, 2013, 5:22:20 PM3/6/13

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Please forward to any people or lists who might be interested. We would love volunteers (it is really fun and free food and learning) or participants (really fun, lots of work and learning)

Chris

What: Complex Humanitarian Emergency Training

Dates: April 6^th or 7^th, 2013

Time: 8:00AM – 6:00PM, Saturday or Sunday

Place: Fort Scott Parade Ground, Presidio, San Francisco, CA

Cost: FREE

UCSF Global Health Sciences is offering a full-day experiential learning program for trainees to develop skills, including leadership and teamwork, for global health emergencies. Participants will develop skills in these areas:

• Leadership and team building for crisis situations

• Rapid assessment skills such as mortality rates, basic water and shelter assessments

• Design of an implementation plan, monitoring plan, budget and transition/exit strategy

• Basic emergency medical care/triage in resource-scarce settings

• Presenting to and interacting with the media

• Ensuring personal safety and navigating security situations

• Understanding of the Geneva Convention

• Public health interventions in crisis situations including water, food and sanitation plans based on the SPHERE standards

LEARN MORE HERE!

REGISTER ONLINE AS A TRAINEE OR A VOLUNTEER!

Questions? Contact Maggie Coffin at Cof...@globalhealth.ucsf.edu

Christopher C. Stewart, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF
San Francisco General Hospital, MS6E
1001 Potrero Ave.
San Francisco, CA, 94110
Office: 415 206-6723
Fax: 415 206-3686
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