State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemiţanu”Republican Disaster Medicine Center

TRAINING OF PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALISTS IN

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES

Mihail Pîsla, MD, PhD

Republican Disaster Medicine Centre

Ensuring a high level of preparedness for public health emergencies requires capacities and

resources :

• Institutional• Human• Logistic• Financial• Etc.,

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH SECURITY AND CRISES MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Key findings

There is no overall strategy for training health personnel and no regular budget to develop an ongoing, continuing professional development programme to ensure adequate numbers of competent staff for crisis preparedness and response. Present training is focused mainly on emergency medicine and no courses are available on disaster management or the broader public health issues. Recommendations

Disaster management should also be increasingly included the pre- and post-graduate curricula of health professionals (doctors, nurses and paramedics). It is also an essential topic for any postgraduate training in public health.

4 training courses with managers of district (municipal) health

systems components (hospitals, family doctors centers, public health centers, EMS stations)

December 2011

Local PublicAdministration

GOVERNMENT

National System for Preparedness and Response to public health emergencies

Zonal Emergency Medicine Stations

District EmergencyMedicine Substation

District HospitalDistrict Public Health Center

Family DoctorsCenter

CMF

Independent Family Doctors Centers ,

Ambulance Points

MOH/NSPCEMMOH/NPHC

National Extraordinary Public Health Commission

Rep. of MoldovaCommission for

Emergency Situations

Commission forEmergency Situations

Extraordinary Public Health Commission

CMF

Family DoctorsOffices

Ministry of Health Order no.928 of 05.12.2011 "Regarding the coordination of preparedness

measures, response and liquidation of consequences of emergency situations and public

health emergencies “

District directors of public health centers have been nominated as

medical coordinators of activities of preparedness, response and

liquidation of medical consequences in crisis and public health

emergencies

Local PublicAdministration

GOVERNMENT

National System for Preparedness and Response to public health emergencies

Zonal Emergency Medicine Stations

District EmergencyMedicine Substation

District HospitalDistrict Public Health Center

Family DoctorsCenter

CMF

Independent Family Doctors Centers ,

Ambulance Points

MOH/NSPCEMMOH/NPHC

National Extraordinary Public Health Commission

Rep. of MoldovaCommission for

Emergency Situations

Commission forEmergency Situations

Extraordinary Public Health Commission

CMF

Family DoctorsOffices

Dir.PH Center- coordinator

Ministry of Health’s Order no.928 of 05.12.2011 "Methodical indications on planning of preparedness, response and liquidation of consequences of medical emergencies and public health emergencies of population of the territorial-administrative unit"

4 training courses with hospital directors

June 2012

4 training courses with directors primare medical

care facilitiesJuli 2013

3 – days training course with directors of Public Health

Centers

11 - 13 February 2013

Mater Programs in Public Health and Social Services

Postgraduate training Programme for master/residency

in Public Health

The module

"Management of risks and public health emergencies“

The module "Management of risks and public health emergencies.”

• 21 teaching themes• 2 sub-modules:

"Management of the public health emergencies and organization of health care“

"Aspects of the public health in the management of risks and public health emergencies,“ • 140 hours have been allocated (42 hours of lectures and 98 hours of seminars)• Simulation exercise of response actions in public health emergencies

Health 2020: European policy framework supporting action across government

and society for health and well-being

Priority 3

Strengthening people-centred health systems, public health capacity and

emergency preparedness, surveillance and response

Thank you for your attention

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