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Emergency, disaster preparedness and management (GHED620) (5cr)

Code: GED1005Y14S-3001

General information


Enrollment
02.07.2018 - 31.07.2018
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
06.08.2018 - 20.12.2018
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
English
Degree programmes
Master's Degree in Global Health Care
Teachers
Jaana Tilli
Eija Kattainen
Course
GED1005Y14S

Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Emergency, disaster preparedness and management (GHED620) GED1005Y14S-3001. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.

Objective

After completing the course, students will be able to
- analyze the factors behind global interdependences, developments and future prospects by using theories of globalization
- use the concepts of disaster preparedness and response, and apply the basic approaches, ethical principles and legal bases appropriate for humanitarian action
- understand the challenges, tasks and roles of the health care sector in a humanitarian response
- lead health care actions to establish and maintain preparedness for terrorism and bioterrorism
- develop multidisciplinary interaction in response to the global challenge of displaced persons
- utilize information about disaster response in their work
- meet the requirements of disaster nursing
- understand the ethics of humanitarian aid to evaluate these ethical principles
- understand the meaning of love and forgiveness in global health work

Content

Core contents
I Basics of international humanitarian aid within the health context
- Theories of globalization and global interdependence
- Key concepts in disaster preparedness and response
- Ethics of humanitarian aid the code of conduct in humanitarian action
- The legal basis of humanitarian action
- The cluster approach in international humanitarian response international humanitarian actors in the field, humanitarian actors in interagency cooperation
II Aspects of effective disaster management
- Emergency preparedness, rapid assessment and response
- Project cycle and its management in humanitarian response
- Security in humanitarian settings
- Use of the SPHERE Handbook in disasters
- Evaluation of emergency response and debriefing

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