Emergency Readiness Rounds are a series of sessions covering current issues and controversies in emergency readiness and response. Are you prepared to take the lead in your hospital, public health agency, or health service organization during a disaster? How would you make decisions about allocating scarce resources? What is the role of the emergency incident command system in a health service delivery system? These and many other questions are answered and raised during the sessions.

Past Emergency Readiness Rounds

• Minnesota Disaster Response: Lessons Learned in 2007
  This event was held on March 5, 2008.
• Healers’ Healing and Resiliency in the Aftermath of Disaster: Harnessing Our Resources across Individual, Family, and Social Systems
  This event was held on September 5, 2007.
• The Ethics of Public Health Emergencies: The Case of Pandemic Flu
  This event was held on May 9, 2007.
• Oh, the Places You'll Go: Providing Care in Non-Traditional Settings During an Emergency
  This event was held on April 25, 2007.
• Legal Implications for Public Health Professionals in Emergencies
  This event was held on March 7, 2007.
• Psychological Issues Following Disaster
  This event was held on February 7, 2007.
• Risk Communication: Public Engagement in Public Health Practice
  This event was held on January 17, 2007.
• Personal and Family Emergency Preparedness
  This event was held on December 6, 2006.
• Planning for and Engaging Special Populations in Emergency Preparedness
  This event was held on November 8, 2006.
• Implementing Incident Management in Your Health Care Facility
  This event was held on October 11, 2006.
• Community Healthcare Disaster Planning in Minnesota
  This event was held on September 6, 2006.
• Healthcare Response to a Pandemic: Ethical Resource Allocation During a Pandemic
  This event was held on June 28, 2006.
• Healthcare Response to a Pandemic: Issues of Space, Staff and Stuff
  This event was held on May 9, 2006.

Sponsored By

• Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET) - A program of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• AHC Office of Emergency Response (formerly known as the Emergency Preparedness Program).
• University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by CDC.

Planning Committee

Kathy Smith, MSN, FNP, RN
CPHP Project Lead
Continuing Education Specialist, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO)

Iris Staubus, ME.d, RN
MERET Project Lead
Continuing Education Specialist, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO)

Natalie Migliarini
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO)

Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice Education,
Executive Director, Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO)
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Carol O’Boyle, PhD, RN
MERET Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Public Health Nursing, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Jeanne Pfeiffer, RN, MPH, PHN, CIC
MERET Grant Content Expert
SON Coordinator, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Contact

For questions contact Natalie Migliarini at 612-626-4515 or migli010@umn.edu.

CPHP is a program of the Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO) of the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota. CPHP is supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), grant cooperative number U90/CCU524264. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, is the Principal Investigator

MERET is a joint project of the University on Minnesota School of Nursing and CPHEO. MERET is funded under grant #TO1HPO6412 from the Office of the Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), DHHS, Bioterrism and Curriculum Development Program. Carol O’Boyle, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, is the Principal Investigator.