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Letter from the Associate Director
Dear Colleagues,
I hope that you are all enjoying a great start to the New Year. I'd like to take this opportunity to look back on 2013 and share our plans for the year 2014 and beyond.
In 2013, we delivered classroom courses to over 2,000 participants, with 172 participants returning for multiple classes. Due to popular demand for more online resources, we launched our knowledge base and released four new eLearning courses, with the MCI Triage course proving to be the most popular. Finally, in an effort to spotlight the important work of our colleagues in the fields of public health and medical services, we produced the "2013 Boston Bombings Response & Recovery" infographic which was accessed by over 1,400 people in 14 countries.
As this new year begins, we are renewing our commitment to our core mission of providing high-quality training focused on reducing a disaster's impact on public health safety. We are in the process of completely revising our Operations level PPE and decontamination course, designing a new scenario-based online course on incident management, and developing several new topics for the growing knowledge base. Most importantly, after celebrating our 10th anniversary last year, we are now taking time to step back and once again align our curricula and learning services with current needs and emerging practices in the field.
Last year was a notable year for emergencies and disasters of all sizes. As we hear stories from the field, we are honored to have contributed our small part in building the resilience of our community. If you would like to share your ideas on how we can continue to improve our programs, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Sincerely,
Mea Allen
Associate Director of Education & Training, Office of Public Health Preparedness
DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Boston Public Health Commission ● Boston Emergency Medical Services
allen_m@bostonems.org
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