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Arab Diploma in Disaster Management for Health Professionals

Arab Institute for Continuing Professional Development
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Location

Cairo

Degree

Diploma

Description

Professional degree awarded by Arab Institute for Continuing Professional Development (AICPD), an institute affiliated to Arab Medical Union.

Current program structure requires weekly attendance in Cairo, plus some e-learning activities and graduation project. Future e-version is coming soon as well. Registration is available via AICPD office, Dar Al-Hekma, Cairo.

Themes

Topics include disaster cycle, management principles, natural and technical disasters, psychological aspects, media management, humanitarian crises, trauma management and leadership development.

Unit 1. Disaster Medicine in Perspective.
Unit 2. Disaster cycle phases and the appropriate management.
Unit 3. Specific Multiple Casualty Treatment.
Unit 4. Research in Disaster Medicine.
Unit 5. Disaster Mental Health.
Unit 6. Education and Training in Disaster Medicine.
Unit 7. Humanitarian Emergencies.
Unit 8. Media Management during disasters.
Unit 9. Communications during disasters.
Unit 10. Transport during disasters.
Unit 11. Trauma management.
Unit 12. Leadership and change management

Target audience

Program directed at healthcare workers of different specialties.

Frequency

Annual

Contact

Dr. Ahmad Abdulsaboor
[email protected]

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Country and region Egypt
Themes Health and health facilities Recovery Disaster risk management

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