Updated Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In 2012, the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) created a set of core competencies for disaster medicine and public health through an expert stakeholder panel. The COVID-19 pandemic and other significant events have reshaped experts' understanding of which core competencies should be prioritized to ensure that health professionals are prepared for disasters and public health emergencies.

Objective

To determine whether the original core competencies should be updated given the many advancements in the field over the last decade.

Design, setting, and participants

For this mixed-methods qualitative study, in April 2024, the NCDMPH convened 20 subject matter experts in clinical medicine, emergency management, government, and academ

SUBMITTER: Burke RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12924103 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature