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Brown University’s Role in Professionalizing Humanitarian Response

Brown University’s Role in Professionalizing Humanitarian Response. Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Growing Need.

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Brown University’s Role in Professionalizing Humanitarian Response

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  1. Brown University’s Role in Professionalizing Humanitarian Response Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University

  2. Growing Need Natural Disaster Trends. The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). Accessed Feb 27, 2013 at http://www.emdat.be/natural-disasters-trends.

  3. Emergency? Source: Development Initiatives 2011

  4. Demographics All Workers = 595,000. Relief Workers = 210,800. 6% pa growth

  5. We Can Do Better • “The international response to the earthquake in Haiti…highlighted unacceptable practices in the delivery of emergency medical humanitarian assistance…” • “…serious questions have been raised about the clinical competencies and practices of some of the foreign medical teams (FMTs)…” • “It is now recognized that there needs to be greater accountability, more stringent oversight and better coordination of their work…” Global Health Cluster (GHC). Coordination and Registration of Providers of Foreign Medical Teams in the Humanitarian Response to Sudden-onset Disasters. Inter-Agency Standing Committee GHC Policy and Strategy Team Position Paper. Geneva, 2011.

  6. Previous Efforts • Agency Specific Training • Self Appointed NGO Standards • Red Cross Code of Conduct • SPHERE Standards • Humanitarian Accountability Project • Focused Professional Associations • World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine • Humanitarian Logistics Association • Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection

  7. Enhancing Learning & Research for Humanitarian Assistance • A collaborative umbrella network dedicated to supporting partnerships between higher education institutions and humanitarian organizations and partners around the world • Seeks to move the professionalization of the humanitarian aid workforce from discussion to action, both at the global and regional level • Recently commissioned scoping study lays the groundwork for professionalization of the field

  8. Which continent are you from?

  9. Which of the categories below best describes your relationship with humanitarian work?

  10. Professionalization – Yes or No?

  11. Key Values for All Humanitarian Aid Workers

  12. Key Knowledge for All Humanitarian Aid Workers

  13. Key Skills forAll Humanitarian Aid Workers

  14. ELRHA REGIONAL HUBS

  15. Professional Association of Academic Training Centers in Humanitarian Health • Recognized as the North American regional hub of ELRHA • Goals of the consortium are to develop common competencies, core curricula, and accreditation standards for humanitarian education and training • Additionally, share best practices and create research laboratories for humanitarian response

  16. Professional Association of Academic Training Centers in Humanitarian Health

  17. Professionalizing the Sector • Common Competencies • Core Curricula/Training • System of Certification

  18. 1: Common Competencies

  19. 2: Core Curricula/Training

  20. 3: System of certification? Globally Available Accredited Trainers

  21. Academia Knowledge repository Formal qualifications Research The profession Field practice Testing knowledge Self regulation Primary Clients Receive services Feedback on services

  22. Acknowledgements: Dr. Peter Walker, PhD Director, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University Dr. Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., MD, MPH, DTM Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

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