Disasters cause an acute deterioration in all stages of life. An area affected by the disaster in
which the normal activities of life are disrupted is described as a “Field” in disaster …

Short-term humanitarian medical volunteerism has grown significantly among both clinicians
and trainees over the past several years. Increasingly, both volunteers and their respective …

Simulation is a promising pedagogical tool in the area of medical education. High-fidelity
simulators can reproduce realistic environments or clinical situations. This allows for the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to introduce applied improvisation (AI) as a tool for
training humanitarian aid workers. AI incorporates principles and practices from …

Objective To explore the characteristics, motivations, ideologies, experience and
perspectives of experienced medical humanitarian workers. Design We applied a qualitative …

The beginning of the 21st century has been marked by an increase in attention to the quality
of emergency and disaster response, particularly the preparedness of health workers of all …

Objective: The objective of this study is to characterize US-based disaster training courses
available to disaster response and disaster health professionals. Its purpose is to better …

The term exit strategy suggests a plan which can be designed and executed to achieve the
desired outcome. It creates the impression that a situation can be managed and that active …

Purpose The humanitarian context has evolved through time, and so have the actors
involved. Humanitarian organizations have improved their logistics developing specialised …

Less than half the world's population has access to essential health services (United
Nations, 2020), the majority of whom live in low-to middleincome countries (LMICs; Meara et …