University of Virginia Health System

Training and Information Materials

All members in the UVA MRC are asked to complete two online training modules and to participate in a hands on training module on Basic Disaster Skills.  The online training modules are listed below.   

Training Materials

(Please copy certificates upon completion and mail to the UVAMRC Office )

Required Training

• Terrorism, Preparedness, and Public Health (U. of Albany)
  
• Introduction to Incident Command System (FEMA IS-100)
• IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (FEMA IS-700)

Strongly Suggested

• Psychological First Aid
• eCore Disaster Life Support - Online Disaster Prepardness Program (NCBRT)
  (This will launch you into the site where the course is hosted)

Hazmat Simulation Drill: Prerequisite Training Modules

• "Basic EMS Concepts for WMD Incidents," Course Number 002a
  Texas Engineering Extension Service of Texas A&M
• Please also complete FEMA modules IS-100 and 700 if not already done.

National MRC Core Competencies

Our training focus is on ensuring that our members are proficient in the following competencies.  Courses on the following can be found at MRC Train.

• Protection of Self
• Chain of Command
• Role of the UVAMRC in our local area
• Risk Communication
• Volunteer Mental Health
• Activation Procedures
• Individual skill development - Basic Disaster Skills 

New! Online Trainings from FEMA and the CDC:

• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Site
• FEMA Independent Study Program Courses

Pandemic Flu Trainings:

• Pandemic Flu Exercise (.ppt file) 
• Pandemic Influenza Overview (.ppt file with voice-over)
  • From Dr. Lilian Peake, TJHD
• Working in a POD (Point of Dispensing)
  • U. of Albany Online Module

1/28/08 General Meeting

• Click below to view or download the Powerpoint presentation on the overview of the UVAMRC and its general membership information.
• UVAMRC Overview (.ppt file)

5/25/06 General Meeting: Personal Preparedness

• Personal Preparedness: Together We Prepare (.ppt file)

9/16/04 General Meeting (Mass Dispensing/Anthrax)

• TJHD Mass Dispensing Clinic Overview (.ppt file)
• Clinical Anthrax Information (.doc file)
• CDC Anthrax Facts (.pdf file)

Information Materials

Training course to be added soon

• The Basic Disaster Skills training module developed by Dr. Mark Kirk and implemented into the UVA School of Medicine curriculum and used for training MRC members will be soon added to the website.  This  

UVAMRC Poster Presentation: National Conference 2008

• Leaders from the UVAMRC presented a poster at the National Conference, held in Portland Oregon, on April 8th - 11th. PDF version will be posted soon.

• This is a discussion draft in the Senate of a Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act that proposes to move the Medical Reserve Corps out from the Office of the Surgeon General.  This bill proposes that the MRC be housed under the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the Department of Health and Human Services.  Read the discussion draft here.  If you have any questions about a section of the bill, please let us know and we will do our best to clarify.  If you have an opinion about the proposed bill, please contact your representative in the Senate or the House of Representatives and let them know what you think. 

Report on the Health Professional Response

• Visit http://www.jscrane.com/ to access an interesting report by Dr. Jeffery S. Crane from the Crisis Preparedness Consortium that is entitled "Assessment of the Community Healthcare Providers' Ability and Willingness to Respond to a Bioterrorism Attack."

UVAMRC Presentation: National Conference 2005

• Leaders of the UVAMRC presented at the 2005 National MRC Leadership Conference, held in San Francisco, CA, on April 20-22.  Slides from this presentation are available by clicking on the link below.
• Training Physicians and Health Professionals in Disaster and Bioterrorism: Gearing up for the Core Competancy Movement in Medical Education (.ppt file)

UVAMRC Presentation: National Conference 2006

• Leaders of the UVAMRC presented at the 2006 National MRC Leadership Conference, held in Dallas, TX, on April 18-21.  Slides from these presentations are available by clicking on the links below.
• Implementing Disaster Training in a Medical School Curriculum:  From demonstration project to curricular integration (.ppt file)

Guide for Hospital Preparedness and Response

• A Guide for Hospital Preparedness & Response is now posted on the VHHA-MCI.org website. The Guide was referenced by HRSA along with the FY2005 Hospital Preparedness Program grant continuation guidance, and formed the basis for some of the program standards for achievement (or benchmarks).
• An executive summary of the Guide, in the form of a news release by the ASTM International Committee on Homeland Security, is attached below.
• Click on Guide Summary to view the news release, using Adobe Acrobat (.pdf file)
• The complete Guide can be accessed on the VHHA-MCI website by going to Resource Information under Member Content and then to Non-Clinical/Hospital Guidance.