Training and Education
Classroom Radiation Training Courses
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Online Radiation Courses
These courses are hosted on Web sites from the originating agency. Check what media player requirements are needed for each course.
CDC
DHS/FEMA
REAC/TS
Basic Radiation Biology and Effects of Exposure to Radiation: lectures by leading experts — Sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), 2008
- Radiation Presentations 2008
- Biologic effects of ionizing radiation: the acute radiation syndrome (requires Flash Player and sound) (Michael Robbins, Wake Forest University School of Medicine)
- Cell death and survival (requires Flash Player and sound) (William McBride, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA)
- Oxidative stress and radiation biology (requires Flash Player and sound) (Jim Peterson and others, University of Pittsburgh)
- Bone marrow toxicity and treatment following a radiation incident (requires Flash Player and sound) (Jeffrey L. Schwartz, University of Washington, Seattle)
- The DNA damage response: implications for radiation protection (requires Flash Player and sound) (Brendan Price, Dana Farber Cancer Institute)
- Early and late normal tissue damage following low doses of radiation (requires Flash Player and sound) (Jacqueline P. Williams, University of Rochester)
- Organ response to radiation (lung kidney and brain) and mitigators of injury including the potential role of ACE inhibitors (requires Flash Player and sound) (Stephen Brown, Wayne State Medical School)
- Radiation carcinogenesis (requires Flash Player and sound) (Eric Hall, Columbia University)
Miscellaneous
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Educational Competencies for Health Care Professionals
Registered Nurses
- International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Education
- Waeckerle JF, Seamans S, Whiteside M, Pons PT, White S, Burstein JL, Murray R; Task Force of Health Care and Emergency Services Professionals on Preparedness for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Incidents. Executive summary: development objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) incidents, Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):587-601 [PubMed Citation]
Emergency Physicians
- Waeckerle JF, Seamans S, Whiteside M, Pons PT, White S, Burstein JL, Murray R; Task Force of Health Care and Emergency Services Professionals on Preparedness for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Incidents. Executive summary: development objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) incidents, Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):587-601 [PubMed Citation]
Emergency Medical Technicians
- Waeckerle JF, Seamans S, Whiteside M, Pons PT, White S, Burstein JL, Murray R; Task Force of Health Care and Emergency Services Professionals on Preparedness for Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Incidents. Executive summary: development objectives, content, and competencies for the training of emergency medical technicians, emergency physicians, and emergency nurses to care for casualties resulting from nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) incidents, Ann Emerg Med. 2001 Jun;37(6):587-601 [PubMed Citation]
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Specialists
Physician's Assistants
Health Professionals Students/Workers
- Subbarao I, Lyznicki JM, Hsu EB, Gebbie KM, Markenson D, Barzansky B, Armstrong JH, Cassimatis EG, Coule PL, Dallas CE, King RV, Rubinson L, Sattin R, Swienton RE, Lillibridge S, Burkle FM, Schwartz RB, James JJ. A consensus-based educational framework and competency set for the discipline of disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2008 Mar;2(1):57-68. [PubMed Citation]
- Markenson D, DiMaggio C, Redlener I. Preparing health professions students for terrorism, disaster, and public health emergencies: core competencies. Acad Med. 2005 Jun;80(6):517-26. [PubMed Citation]
- Hsu EB, Thomas TL, Bass EB, Whyne D, Kelen GD, Green GB. Healthcare worker competencies for disaster training. BMC Med Educ. 2006 Mar 20;6:19. [PubMed Citation]
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