Emergency Preparedness and Outbreak Response

Course content

1. 1Public health emergenciesComing
2. 2Hazard and risk assessmentComing
3. 3Emergency management principlesComing
4. 4The incident management systemComing
5. 5Surge capacity and health care coordinationComing
6. 6Mass vaccination and medical countermeasuresComing
7. 7Communicating in a crisisComing
8. 8Protecting vulnerable populationsComing
9. 9Extreme heat, wildfire smoke and floodsComing
10. 10Pandemic planningComing
11. 11Recovery and lessons learnedComing
12. 12Tabletop exercise: an outbreak responseComing

Requirements

• PUBH-320 Communicable Disease Prevention and Control

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How public health plans for and responds to pandemics, disasters and large outbreaks.

Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 4.