E-Learning Assisted HAZWOPER Training for Medicolegal Death Investigators

描述（由申请人提供）：即使死者参与或接近危险材料紧急情况的现场，也必须依法适当实施人的死亡调查。该项目旨在为在危险材料环境中调查死亡事件的验尸官和法医工作人员开展工人健康和安全培训。这种创新的培训将通过电子学习应用程序和针对死亡调查人员工作任务的实践来实施。由OSHA危险废物操作和应急响应（HAZWOPER）规则（29 CFR 1910.120）实施的联邦法律对危险材料响应和废物处理场所的工人提出了某些要求和限制。与其他更一般的HAZWOPER培训不同，这项特别的努力将集中在死亡调查人员的相关工作任务上，提供实用的培训，并对验尸官和法医进行经济管理。在该项目的第一阶段，对死亡调查人员在危险材料紧急情况下的工作任务以及涉及这些工作人员可能接触化学、放射性和病原体的其他情况进行了危险评估。这导致了死亡调查人员应具备的能力清单，以便在危险材料反应期间或在受污染的环境中安全操作。详细制定了培训大纲，以解决学习这些能力的问题。通常情况下，HAZWOPER培训更有效时，口头演示结合实践，以完善和加强所提出的技能。该项目的第一阶段包括研究、开发和评估使用电子教学手段进行拟议课程口头（讲课）部分的各种组合方式的有效性。基于网络的培训部分包括书面材料、静态照片、草图、测验和自动反馈、基于网络的模拟和测试。在线资源库为学生提供持续的电子学习机会，供日后参考。该项目的第二阶段是将第一阶段开发的认知技能电子学习工作与使用训练人体模型、个人防护设备、危险材料监测设备和危险材料应对典型的去污设备进行的实际心理训练相结合。综合课程导致符合29 CFR 1910.120标准的培训人员的熟练程度认证。第二阶段还将包括为培训班的实践部分编制“培训员培训”课程，以便于以成本效益高的方式扩大实践培训的地理覆盖范围。这将有助于征聘和培养当地培训员，以提供实际经验。第二阶段的另一个目标是为危险材料现场工人的雇主（验尸官和体检医师）开发一个在线电子学习网站，重点是HAZWOPER合规性的行政方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Human death investigations must by law be properly implemented even when the decedent is involved in or near to the scene of a hazardous materials emergency. This project intends to develop worker health and safety training for those staff of coroners and medical examiners who investigate deaths in hazardous materials environments. This innovative training will be implemented by e-learning applications and by hands-on practice that is specific to the job tasks of death investigators. Federal law, implemented by the OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) rule at 29 CFR 1910.120, places certain requirements and restrictions on workers at hazardous materials response and waste sites. Unlike other more general HAZWOPER training, this particular effort will focus on the relevant job tasks of death investigators, provide practical training, and be economical to administer for coroners and medical examiners. During Phase I of this project a hazard assessment was conducted with respect to the job tasks of death investigators at hazardous materials emergencies and other situations involving potential exposure of these workers to chemical, radiological and etiological agents. This has led to a list of competencies that death investigators should possess to safely operate during a hazardous materials response or in a contaminated environment. A training syllabus was developed, in detail, to address the learning of these competencies. Typically, HAZWOPER training is more effective when verbal presentations are combined with hands on practice to refine and reinforce the presented skills. Phase I of this project included researching developing and evaluating the effectiveness of various combinations of ways of conducting the verbal (lecture) portion of the proposed course using e-teaching means. The web-based portion of the training includes a mix of written material, still photographs, sketches, quizzes, and automated feedback, scenario-based simulations, and tests. An on-line resource library provides continued e-learning access to the students for later reference. Phase II of the project is combining the e-learning effort for cognitive skills developed in Phase I with hands-on psychomotor training using training manikins, personal protective equipment, hazardous materials monitoring devices and decontamination equipment typical of a hazardous materials response. The combined course leads to a certification of proficiency for trained individuals in compliance with 29 CFR 1910.120 criteria. Phase II will also include the development of 'train-the-trainer' curricula for the hands-on portion of the course, in order to facilitate expansion of he geographic reach of the hands-on training in a cost effective manner. This would assist in the recruitment and preparation of local trainers to provide the hands-on experience. An additional Phase II goal is to develop an online e-learning site for employers (coroners and medical examiners) of hazardous materials site workers focusing on the administrative aspects of HAZWOPER compliance.