Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II01:30

Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II

Rural Health Centers
Rural health centers are specialized care facilities in remote locations with very few medical personnel. The primary care providers who run the centers are mostly Registered Nurse Practitioners. Here, emergency treatment is provided to critically ill or injured patients before they are transferred to the closest hospital. Fortunately, due to advancement in technology, many rural healthcare facilities and professionals have easy access to diagnostic and treatment...
Preparedness and Phobias01:09

Preparedness and Phobias

Human fear responses to certain stimuli, such as darkness, heights, deep water, and blood, can often arise despite the absence of direct negative experiences. This phenomenon is rooted in evolutionary psychology, which posits that humans have developed a predisposition to fear stimuli that historically posed significant survival threats. This predisposition, known as preparedness, suggests that early humans who developed a fear of potentially dangerous entities, such as venomous snakes and...
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation III: AED Use01:23

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation III: AED Use

Introduction to AEDAn Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable medical device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, delivers an electrical shock to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA occurs when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, leading to a loss of blood flow to the brain and other vital organs. In such emergencies, time is of the essence, and using an AED, combined with Cardiopulmonary...
Steps in Outbreak Investigation01:18

Steps in Outbreak Investigation

In the ever-evolving field of public health, statistical analysis serves as a cornerstone for understanding and managing disease outbreaks. By leveraging various statistical tools, health professionals can predict potential outbreaks, analyze ongoing situations, and devise effective responses to mitigate impact. For that to happen, there are a few possible stages of the analysis:
Applications of GIS: Disaster Management and Emergency Response01:29

Applications of GIS: Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is essential for risk identification, action prioritization, and resource optimization in critical situations like flooding and earthquakes. By integrating spatial and demographic data, GIS provides a comprehensive framework for emergency response.GIS integrates data layers, like rainfall intensity, topography, elevation profiles, and river levels, to model high-risk flood zones. These layers assess areas susceptible to flooding based on their...
Bystander Effect02:09

Bystander Effect

The discussion of bullying highlights the problem of witnesses not intervening to help a victim. This is a common occurrence, as the following well-publicized event demonstrates. In 1964, in Queens, New York, a 19-year-old woman named Kitty Genovese was attacked by a person with a knife near the back entrance to her apartment building and again in the hallway inside her apartment building. When the attack occurred, she screamed for help numerous times and eventually died from her stab wounds.

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Building a Healthier Workforce: The Value of Employer-Sponsored Vaccinations and Vaccination Programs in the Workplace.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine·2026
Same author

Confronted with the real world: how final-year medical students experience interprofessional collaboration in clinical practice.

BMC medical education·2026
Same author

Human Research Protections during Emergencies: An Integrative Review.

Ethics & human research·2026
Same author

Emergency Preparedness and Scalability Readiness in Community Food Pantries: Systems Insights for Nutrition and Dietetics Practice.

Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association·2026
Same author

Formative research for an innovative digital application to strengthen healthy food access and resilience in food pantries: The Support Application for Food PAntrieS (SAFPAS) study.

Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition·2025
Same author

Characterizing Mental Health in an LMIC Context: Measuring Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Health Care Providers in Ecuador During COVID-19 with the ProQOL V5 Questionnaire.

Disaster medicine and public health preparedness·2025

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jul 7, 2026

Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum
06:48

Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum

Published on: May 20, 2018

Emergency preparedness: addressing a residency training gap.

Sayeedha Ghori Uddin1, Daniel J Barnett, Cindy L Parker

  • 1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. suddin@jhsph.edu

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|March 5, 2008
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Physicians need better crisis preparedness training. Integrating disaster and emergency preparedness into residency curricula, like the Johns Hopkins General Preventive Medicine Residency (JHGPMR) program, is a vital solution.

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jul 7, 2026

Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum
06:48

Emergency Undocking in Robotic Surgery: A Simulation Curriculum

Published on: May 20, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Medical Education
  • Emergency Management

Background:

  • Physician leadership is crucial for crisis preparedness, yet many physicians lack adequate large-scale crisis training.
  • A significant gap exists in emergency preparedness education across various medical specialties.
  • Residency programs offer a strategic platform to address this training deficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the development and implementation of an emergency preparedness curriculum for the Johns Hopkins General Preventive Medicine Residency (JHGPMR).
  • To provide a model for integrating disaster and emergency preparedness training into medical residency programs.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a two-component curriculum for the JHGPMR (2004-2006).
  • Included didactic lectures, practical exercises, real-world simulations, web-based learning, and tabletop exercises.
  • Covered topics such as weapons of mass destruction, risk communication, and psychological aspects of terrorism.

Main Results:

  • Successfully implemented a comprehensive emergency preparedness curriculum over three years.
  • The curriculum integrated theoretical knowledge with practical application and real-world scenarios.
  • Demonstrated a feasible approach to enhancing physician readiness for crisis situations.

Conclusions:

  • Competency-based emergency preparedness training should be incorporated into all medical residency specialties.
  • The JHGPMR curriculum serves as a adaptable model for other residency programs.
  • Enhanced physician preparedness is essential for effective response to large-scale emergencies.