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USPHS Office of Force USPHS Office of Force Readiness and Deployment Readiness and Deployment
Response Readiness Training Response Readiness Training LifecycleLifecycle
““A continuous continuum”A continuous continuum”
1 JUN 20071 JUN 2007
Force Readiness Training Life Cycle
• Based on the National Response Plan, National Incident Management System
• Meets S3678 Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness ACT objectives, DHHS Secretary’s goals
• Provides successive training building blocks for readiness competencies
OFRD Training Groundwork
All Officers are responders andleaders from day one
USPHS Core Values
Training is a continuous continuum; successive training becomes more complex
OFRDResponse Education and Training Lifecycle for
USPHS Commission Corps Officers
Novice
•Leadership and response training begins with call to active duty
•Officers will meet basic
readiness requirements
Through Year 1
Responder Level
•Drill down training for specific deployment roles
•Officers will deploy in support roles
Target Years 1-5
Managerial Level
•Advanced Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming leadership roles on deployment
Target Years 6-20
Executive Level
•Executive Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming senior leadership roles on deployment
Target Years 20 +
•The individual competencies and expertise of officers will be considered in assignment during deployments and in access to training opportunities •It is a command expectation of all officers to be prepared, ready to deploy, and to exhibit leadership attributes regardless of training or deployment role
Six Mega Competencies of USPHS Responders from Novice through
Executive 1. Personal Objectivity
2. Effective Communication
3. Mental Agility
4. Cultural and ‘At Risk Individual” Competence
5. Superior Field Skills
6. Professional Excellence
Personal Objectivity
• Associated competencies include:– Self assessment– Recognition of own strengths and weaknesses– Desire to adjust
• Teaching methods and tools:– Simulations and role play followed by peer feedback –
Novice/Responder level – 360 assessments (provides performance feedback from officers
you manage, colleagues, and supervisors) – management level– Coaching – executive level– After action reviews- all– Reading lists - all
Effective Communication
Effective Communication
• Associated competencies include:– Active listening
– Consensus building
– Semantic modulation
– Ability to negotiate an agreeable situation
– Public speaking (Translate complex situations into simple meaningful explanation)
• Teaching methods and tools:– Modeling – novice/responder level
– Coaching – management level/executive level
– Field exercises with increasing complexity and stress - all
– Reading lists – all
– Group exercises, oral presentations and briefings during training - all
Mental Agility
• Associated competencies include:– Adaptability
– Scanning the environment
– Collecting relevant information
– Accurately associating priority, relevance, and significance to information
– Interpreting situations
– Envisioning opportunity, future
– Ability to analyze 2nd and 3rd consequences of actions
• Teaching methods and tools:– Critical thinking exercises – all
– Mission and deployment role diversity – all
– Provision of ambiguous scenarios during field training - all
– Read business, analytical, and quantitative thinking journals - all
Repatriation Missions
Cultural and ‘At Risk’ Competence
International Health Diplomacy
Diverse Nation
Cultural and ‘At Risk’ Competence
• Associated competencies include:– Understanding USPHS organizational culture and OPDIV culture
– Appreciating differences and the influence on response of the following variables:
• Religious• Societal• Geographical• Political • Economic• Physical, cognitive and psychological abilities
– Operational support of at risk populations
• Teaching methods and tools:– Present classes on caring for special needs populations as well as regional
studies - all
– Provide courses on international relations- all
– Offer opportunities to participate in health diplomacy missions - all
Superior Field Skills• Associated competencies include:
– Understanding spectrum of USPHS missions and associated operations
– Technical and tactical proficiency
• Teaching methods and tools:– Present classes and drill down training for specific skills across
Tiers and specific teams (IRCT, RDF, APHT, MHT, HAMR) using building blocks for the novice through the executive
• Clinical/staff• Administration/support• Management roles• Executive roles
– Conduct table top, drills, functional, and full field exercise participation
– Web based training
Professional Excellence• The Corps has become very visible – the nation and
the world will evaluate how we conduct missions and the outcome of our labor– This is an opportunity to be leaders for our professions – Practice must be based on science
• Associated competencies include:– Maintaining category expertise
– Building category profession and the Corps
– Ability to use literature and scientific research to advance practice
• Teaching methods and tools:– Classes on conducting a literature search and literature review
– Networking and mentoring exercises
– Participation on professional advisory counsel (PAC’s) and associations
– Chairmanship and leadership roles on PAC and professional associations
Building Training Curriculum• OFRD will work with a consortium of partners to
develop training plans and curriculum– Internally:
• Transformation working groups• Professional Advisory Committees• Tier 1 and Tier 2 team leaders• ASPR• SME’s
– Externally:• Federal partners (OPDIVS, DoD, AHRQ, etc.)• Academia• Professional organizations
• Training plans and curriculum will be continuously reviewed for relevance
• Business plan for execution and funding under development
OFRDResponse Education and Training Lifecycle for
USPHS Commission Corps Officers
Novice
•Leadership and response training begins with call to active duty
•Officers will meet basic
readiness requirements
Through Year 1
Responder Level
•Drill down training for specific deployment roles
•Officers will deploy in support roles
Target Years 1-5
Managerial Level
•Advanced Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming leadership roles on deployment
Target Years 6-20
Executive Level
•Executive Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming senior leadership roles on deployment
Target Years 20 +
•The individual competencies and expertise of officers will be considered in assignment during deployments and in access to training opportunities •It is a command expectation of all officers to be prepared, ready to deploy, and to exhibit leadership attributes regardless of training or deployment role
Novice
•Leadership and Response Training begins with call to active duty
•Officers will meet basicreadiness requirements
Call to Active Duty – 1 Year
KNOWLEDGE Objectives: • Officers will be able to describe response missions and expectations of
officers• Officers will be able to explain the roles of response teams and tiers• Officer shall identify ESF-8 and specifically USPHS roles and responsibility
according to the National Response Plan
Objectives for adoption of RESPONSE CULTURE:• Officers will be able to create a plan for meeting readiness standards within
one year of Call to active duty.• Officers will initiate and complete the process for meeting readiness
standards
Goal: Officers will have knowledge of Response
requirements and will adopt response culture
Responder Level
Target 1 yr – 5 +
•Drill down training for specific deployment roles
•Officers will deploy in response roles
Goal: Officers will develop skills for specific deployment roles and will deploy in staff function
KNOWLEDGE Objectives: As appropriate, Officers will obtain skill through web-based training, drills and functional exercises in:•Medical management of casualties, taking into account the needs of at- risk individuals. •Public health aspects of public health emergencies•Mental health aspects of public health emergencies
DEPLOYMENT Objectives:Officers will be trained and able to function in the public health management of disasters specifically in the areas of planning, operations, logistics, administration and finance
Managerial Level
Target Year 6- 20 +
•Advanced Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming leadership roles on deployment
•Note: Managerial training does not excuse Officers from being capable of fulfilling a responder role!
Goal: Officers will develop skills for agency and organization management between the executive
level and first level management
KNOWLEDGE Objectives: • Expand comprehension on how to support field level teams and assets
• Become experts in the roles and responsibilities of Federal, state, tribal, local, and private organizations during a public health emergency response
DEPLOYMENT Objectives:• Officers will be capable of serving in Incident Command Roles as section
chiefs, branch directors, Division/Group Supervisors, Team Leaders
Executive Level
Target Year 20 +
•Executive Leadership Training
•Officers are capable of assuming senior leadership roles on deployment
KNOWLEDGE Objectives: • Expertise in managing multi-agency coordination
systems• Proficiency in advanced ICS
DEPLOYMENT Objectives:• Provide executive level multi-agency coordination
Goal: Officers will be prepared to fill ICS roles as Unified Commander, Incident Commander,
Command Staff in either area command or single command and to act as a Senior Health Official or
Senior Medical Official
FY 07 OFRD Training Initiatives
Learning Management System
• Change to Blackboard• One training system• Community space• Interface FEMA• Enterprise
Architecture/MOAS• QA/QC
Response Team Training
(Postponed, Contingency plan under development)
• National Priorities/HHS Playbooks
• Skills, drills, functional exercises across teams
• APHT’s, MHT’s, RDF’s• DoD, Johns Hopkins,
American Red Cross• Ft Sam Houston – Camp
Bullis
Managerial – Executive• IRCT Drill Down Training (Web Based)
– Operations– Planning– Logistics– Admin/Finance
• Leadership Training • Playbooks
– Pan flu (workshop)– IND/RDD (Discussions plus tabletops)– Hurricanes (Discussions plus tabletops)– Possibly Earthquake, Anthrax, IED
FY 07 ASPR Training Initiatives
FY 07 OFRD Training Initiatives• Call to Active Duty (novice)
– Developing curriculum– Operational concepts validated– Need finalized curriculum approval from Transformation Officer to
develop and test• USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium
– Available to all Tiers– Quarantine and surge capacity– CDC, University of Michigan, OFRD, UCLA, DoD, AHRQ
• Direct Military Training Network BLS program for USPHS• HAMR team training curriculum• Development of professional training curriculum in conjunction
with PAC’s
LNO A/F Log Ops PlanInfo/
Analy
REC
Incident Response Coordination Team
IRCT Training Tracks
SafetyCmd
Questions?
CDR Kimberly Elenberg
Medical Readiness Training Director
301-443-1476
LCDR Patrick Denis
Training Program Management Officer
301-443-1475