Course Details

Micah Flint, MPA, addresses disaster medicine management

• Module One: Introduction to Disaster Medicine Management
• Module Two: Disaster Mitigation
• Module Three: Disaster Planning
• Module Four: Disaster Response
• Module Five: Disaster Recovery

COURSE PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS

INMED Self-Paced Courses consists of text, graphics, interactive questions, and may include multi-media features. This Course requires that participants:

• View all of the Course content prior to proceeding to the Final Exam
• Read, complete, and submit answers to all the Final Exam questions and all the course evaluation questions.
• Attain a passing score of 80 percent or more on the Final Exam. If participants do not attain this minimum score, they will be directed to review the course information and to repeat the Final Exam.

COMPUTING REQUIREMENTS

Course participants must have ready access to and be functionally proficient with:

• A personal computer with an up-to-date operating system and ample memory for downloads
• A web browser, preferably the most up-to-date version of Internet Explores, Firefox, or Safari
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Reader
• An Internet connection, preferably high speed

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is broadly designed for healthcare professionals and students of the healthcare professions.

AUTHOR

Micah Flint, MPA CPO, Institute for International Medicine Adjunct Faculty, Park University Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Training Center Faculty Micah Flint is an adjunct faculty member of global health leadership program at Park University. Prior to his current position as Chief Programs Officer at the Institute for International Medicine (INMED), he served five years as INMED's Chief Executive Officer. Micah served three years as a Board Member for Samaritan's Emergency Medical Search and Rescue, an international non-governmental organization providing disaster training and response. He is also a regular volunteer at Baptist Medical Center in northern Ghana. Micah's Masters Degree is in Public Administration with a focus on Healthcare Leadership and Disaster Management.

REVIEW COMMITTEE

	Kyle McPhee, MS Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness Specialist Mr. McPhee holds a Master of Science in Biosecurity and Disaster Preparedness from Saint Louis University. He is a Pryor Leadership Fellow and a part of the Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society. Professional experience includes consultant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), leader of Global Crisis Response Unit at Heart to Heart International, Coordinator for Safety and Emergency Preparedness at Kansas City's Saint Luke's Hospital, Planner for Emergency Services and Homeland Security for the eight county, bi-state, Mid-America Regional Council, and disaster management faculty for the INMED International Public Health Intensive Course. Mr. McPhee is also experienced in first response as a firefighter and emergency medical technician.
	Nicholas Comninellis, MD, MPH President, Institute for International Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine Dr. Comninellis served inner city citizens for a year at Shanghai Charity Hospital during the pre-prosperity era, and over two year period initiated a healthcare ministry in the war-besieged city of Huambo, Angola in southern Africa. He also served one-month medical assignments in Honduras, Haiti, Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, Niger and Kunming, China. Dr. Comninellis then worked for six years in the Kansas City public hospital system, before launching INMED in 2003. He attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, the Saint Louis University School of Public Health, and was a family medicine resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Comninellis also earned a diploma in tropical medicine from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He is board certified in both preventive medicine and family medicine, and is author of six books on contemporary issues.

DISCLOSURES

Author

Micah Flint		INMED		Nothing to Disclose
Course Review Committee
Kim Watkins		American Academy of Family Physicians		Nothing to Disclose
Kyle McPhee		Biosecurity & Disaster Preparedness Specialist		Nothing to Disclose
Nicholas Comninellis		INMED		Nothing to Disclose
Planning Committee
Micah Flint		INMED		Nothing to Disclose
Nicholas Comninellis		INMED		Nothing to Disclose
Nancy Crigger		William Jewell College		Nothing to Disclose
Donald Philgreen		Research Family Medicine Residency		Nothing to Disclose

SPONSORS

Funding for the course development is provided by: Jack Hill Continuing Medical Education Foundation

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