Playing along: computer games and simulations for emergency preparedness training.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Beedasy J ; Monahan C ; Olson D ; Piland NF ; Ramloll R ; Scheller AS
• Description:
  This session will illustrate the process of developing, piloting, and implementing interactive computer games and simulations designed to assist working professionals in meeting the challenges of public health preparedness. Critical partnerships with creative arts and technology specialists, target users, and others will be identified. Presenters will demonstrate the use of the virtual training space Play2Train in a massive multiplayer environment, as well as the Disaster at Franklin County program. They will also share lessons learned from implementations and evaluations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Disaster Planning Education Engineering Occupational Health Public Health Safety Software Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Computer-software; Engineering; Disaster-planning; Disaster-prevention; Engineering; Professional-workers; Public-health; Technical-personnel; Training; Education
• Publisher:
  National Association of County and City Health Officials
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037924
• Citation:
  Public Health Preparedness Summit 2007, February 19-23, 2007, Washington DC. Washington, DC: National Association of County and City Health Officials, 2007 Feb; :22
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Public Health Preparedness Summit 2007, February 19-23, 2007, Washington DC
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245865/cdc_245865_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]