UPPER MIDWEST PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE LEARNING CENTER

描述(由申请人提供)：上中西部准备和紧急反应学习中心(UMPERLC)将包括爱荷华州和内布拉斯加州。这两个州在准备和应急方面面临着许多相同的问题，包括冬季风暴、龙卷风和洪水。拟议的活动建立在目前的上中西部公共卫生准备中心奠定的坚实基础上，该中心自2001年以来一直由疾病控制和预防中心提供资金。UMPERLC的总体目标是加强国家的公共卫生和医疗准备和反应能力，特别是在中西部北部地区。 UMPERLC的主要利益相关者群体代表了不同的公共卫生和健康学科，这些学科负责确保公众的健康和安全，并带来与核心能力相一致的专业知识。该项目将利用教学设计和技术方面的最佳做法。关键合作伙伴对于最大限度地采用和获得基于核心能力的培训至关重要。战略将包括将基于核心能力的培训纳入必要的活动，利用关键合作伙伴推广基于核心能力的培训，使用多种培训交付方式，包括远程培训，以及使用为自学和面向组织的学习者准备爱荷华州学习管理系统。 在整个项目中，关键合作伙伴将确定持续的公共卫生准备和应对需求。将确定这些需求的优先顺序，并确定和/或开发适当的培训、练习和绩效支持工具。 评估是该项目的一个关键组成部分。将进行持续的评估，以确保满足学习者基于绩效的结果，不断改进课程，满足区域和主要合作伙伴的培训需求，并展示总体影响。 A部分项目目标包括： *促使主要合作伙伴制定促进沟通的战略，并执行一项计划，以最大限度地采用和获得以核心能力为基础的课程。 *确定和制定战略，纳入创新机制，以提高以成绩为基础的学习成果 *在准备爱荷华州学习管理系统中开发和整合基于情景的评估 *利用差距分析确定基于核心能力的课程开发的优先顺序 *制定纳入评估模式的计划 B部分项目目标包括： *根据既定标准确定合作伙伴要求实施的活动 *持续实施和评估合作伙伴要求的优先活动 UMPERLC将在现有备灾中心开发的过去经验和基础设施的基础上实现上述目标。UMPERLC将分享与国家网络共同开发的所有课程和资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Upper Midwest Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (UMPERLC) will include the states of Iowa and Nebraska. Both states face many of the same issues regarding preparedness and emergency response including winter storms, tornados and flooding. The proposed activities build on the strong foundation laid by the current Upper Midwest Center for Public Health Preparedness which has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2001. The overall goal of UMPERLC is to enhance the nation's public health and medical preparedness and response capabilities, with a specific focus on the Upper Midwest. UMPERLC's key stakeholder group represents the diverse public health and health disciplines which have responsibility for ensuring the health and safety of the public and brings expertise aligned with the core competencies. The project will utilize best practices in instructional design and technology. Key partners will be critical for maximizing adoption and access to core competency-based training. Strategies will include incorporation of core competency-based trainings into required activities, utilization of key partners to market core competency-based trainings, use of multiple delivery modalities for trainings, including distance-based trainings, and use of the Prepare Iowa Learning Management System for self-directed and organization-directed learners. Ongoing public health preparedness and response needs will be identified by key partners throughout the project. These needs will be prioritized and appropriate trainings, exercises, and performance support tools identified and/or developed. Evaluation is a critical component of this project. Ongoing evaluation will be conducted to ensure that learner performance-based outcomes are met, curriculum is continuously improved, the training needs of the region and key partners are met, and overall impact is demonstrated. Part A project objectives include: * Engage key partners to develop strategies to facilitate communication and implement a plan to maximize adoption of and access to core competency-based curriculum. * Identify and develop strategies for incorporating innovative mechanisms to enhance performance-based learner outcomes * Develop and integrate scenario-based assessment sin the Prepare Iowa Learning Management System * Utilize gaps analysis to prioritize core competency-based curriculum development * Develop a plan for incorporating the evaluation model Part B project objectives include: * Determine partner-requested activities to implement based on established criteria * Implement and evaluate prioritized partner-requested activities on an ongoing basis UMPERLC will build on the past experiences and infrastructure developed by the current preparedness center to accomplish the above objectives. UMPERLC will share all curriculum and resources developed with the national network.