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Bioterror awareness: New center may benefit your staff

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, January 23, 2004

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Are you concerned about hiring workers trained in bioterrorism attacks? If yes, you may consider hiring graduates from Ohio's public universities. According to The Lantern (via U-Wire), The University Medical Center at Ohio State University (OSU) is leading a government-funded program among the medical schools at Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati and the Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine. The project, The Ohio Center of Excellence in Education for Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, aims to train and educate future health care staff in the event of an attack. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will fund nearly one million dollars over two years for the project. OSU will collaborate with the other universities and terrorism experts to develop the curricula for the program. The center will train over 3,500 students in Ohio's public universities to recognize indicators of a terrorist event or other public health emergencies, and to alert public officials. OSU's medical schools currently implement aspects of bioterrorism education in their courses, but this effort will enforce preparedness. School officials hope that the center will teach students to react to a possible attack with confidence instead of alarm.

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