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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Recorded presentation

Noel Bazini-Barakat, RN, MSN, MPH¹, Jee Kim, MPH², Bridget A. Ward, MS, RN³, Stephanie Faren, RN, MSN, MPH⁴, Adam Morrow, MPH⁴, Marcia J. Liem, RN, BSN⁵, and Dee Ann Bagwell, MA, MPH⁶. (1) Organization Development and Training, Los Angeles County, 241 N. Figueroa St. Ste. 306, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (2) Office of Organizational Development and Training, Los Angeles County - Department of Health Service - Public Health, 241 N. Figueroa St. Ste. 306, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-240-7968, jeekim@ladhs.org, (3) LA County - Department of Health Services - Public Health, Organizational Development and Training, 241 N. Figueroa St., Room 306A, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (4) Department of Health Services, County of Los Angeles, 241 N. Figueroa Street, Room 210, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (5) Bioterrorism Preparedness Program, Los Angeles County, 241 N. Figueroa Street, Room 210, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (6) Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, 241 N. Figueroa Street, Room 210, Los Angeles, CA 90012

With the increasing role in emergency preparedness and response, the ability to dispense prophylactic medication to large populations in a short time frame is of increasing concern for Public Health. In a large scale bioterrorism event, it is important to have a system in place to assure that every resident has immediate access to necessary medications. Los Angeles County, with over 10 million residents, has a Public Health workforce of less than 4000 making it vital to mobilize the community to effectively function in volunteer roles at medication dispensing sites. It is anticipated that more than 60,000 volunteers will be needed to provide prophylaxis to all 10 million residents within 48 hours, making advance role-specific training problematic. Additionally, it has been found from previous trainings, that role-specific training provided in advance results in minimal content retention, making it important to develop models that can train volunteers immediately prior to deployment. Los Angeles County has developed a Just-In-Time training model to train staff in 60 different roles. The model is developed to cycle volunteers every hour with the potential to train several hundred people during each cycle. This model was successfully tested during a full scale exercise with 133 volunteers. The components of the training model will be discussed including strengths and challenges. Lessons learned and next steps will be explored.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants (learners) in this session will be able to

• Describe the Registration and Just-In-Time Training components.
• Identify benefits and challenges in conducting Just-In-Time trainings for volunteers.
• Identify lessons learned for conducting Just-In-Time training for volunteers.

Keywords: Bioterrorism, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation