Module Disaster Response draft

Program Overview

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The University of Cumbria is pleased to offer a new module which covers all aspects of multi-agency disaster mitigation and response.

The module will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours of those expected to deliver interventions or lead in disaster settings.  It will broaden and deepen your perception of your role in disaster preparedness, management and resilience principles, shaping your ability to contribute more effectively to doctrine and policy developments that will ultimately improve yours and your team’s practise.

By critically evaluating the evidence, your own personal experience and that of others, you will be able to apply credible, timely solutions to compound problems in response to natural or man-made incidents wherever they occur.

You may enter the programme at Certificate/Diploma, undergraduate degree or postgraduate level to deepen and widen your perspectives of this important aspect of your work. The module can be studied on its own, or can form part of the BSc Practice Development: Developing Paramedic Practice or BSc/MSc Practice Development framework, DipHE Paramedic Science, depending on the level studied.

The module will run over three months and may be accessed completely on-line, with students working at their own pace and fitting their studies around their professional and personal lives.

Summative assessment is a written assignment that will be agreed with your tutor at the beginning of the module. You will use your learning and formative evaluations throughout the module to shape your final assessment.

Study options

This module can be taken at levels 4, 5, 6 or 7.

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Course Details

Program Outline

Course outline

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Course summary

On successful completion, you will be able to:

Using a sociological approach, review and evaluate the role and contribution of the multi-professional team in disaster planning, response and resilience.

Review and evaluate your own role and ability to perform effectively as a team member in disaster response scenarios.

Demonstrate an awareness of the effects that result from hazards that you have faced when applied to disaster preparedness, response and resilience.

Provide evidence of continuous professional development by reflecting upon your own performance against the skills, knowledge and behaviours appropriate to your role.

On completion of level 7, you will also be able to:

Using a sociological and societal approach, demonstrate coherent and comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of the principles, theories and concepts of disaster planning, response and resilience.

Engage in advanced critical self-appraisal and reflection in order to demonstrate a mastery of leadership skills in disaster response scenarios.

Generate a critical and informed approach to the comprehensive and holistic assessment of the needs of individuals, groups and communities within diverse settings, and utilise this knowledge to select and critically apply research based interventions.

Critically reflect upon your evaluation of your team’s ability to perform against evidence based skills, knowledge and behaviours in order to synthesise credible solutions and approaches that will ensure good practise (quality, safe and efficacious).

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Indicative module content

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All levels

Principles of disaster response including preparation, planning, execution and evaluation.

Consider the unique aspects of CBRN(e) (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive) incident management.

Medical intelligence (aetiology, epidemiology, pathology, morbidity and mortality) and application in practice.

Local policy, available doctrine and clinical evidence, public health.

Developing professional decision -advantage and superiority.

Command, leadership and management.

Behavioural change models, motivation theory.

Problem solving techniques.

Physical and mental resilience.

Reflective/reflexive practise.

Preceptoring and team development.

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Programme Specification

Programme specification (PDF)

For a detailed summary of all course content please read our programme specification for this course.

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

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Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the

programme specification

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Timetables

The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.