Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 28, 2026

Assessing Disaster Resilience of Concrete with Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles
Published on: November 14, 2025
Ranking the Attributes of Effective Disaster Responders and Leaders
Richard V King1, Gregory Luke Larkin2, Kelly R Klein3
1Department of Health Care Sciences, Southwestern School of Health Professions, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
Objective:
To investigate the relative importance of 10 attributes identified in prior studies as essential for effective disaster medical responders and leaders.
Methods:
Emergency and disaster medical response personnel (N=220) ranked 10 categories of disaster worker attributes in order of their importance in contributing to the effectiveness of disaster responders and leaders.
Results:
Attributes of disaster medical leaders and responders were rank ordered, and the rankings differed for leaders and responders. For leaders, problem-solving/decision-making and communication skills were the highest ranked, whereas teamwork/interpersonal skills and calm/cool were the highest ranked for responders.
Conclusions:
The 10 previously identified attributes of effective disaster medical responders and leaders include personal characteristics and general skills in addition to knowledge of incident command and disaster medicine. The differences in rank orders of attributes for leaders and responders suggest that when applying these attributes in personnel recruitment, selection, and training, the proper emphasis and priority given to each attribute may vary by role. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:700-703).
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
Attribution Theory
Fundamental Attribution Error
Ranks
Attribution
Spearman's Rank Correlation Test
Spearman's test calculates correlation by...
Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test

