Table 1 Timeline and summary of the emergency medicine and disaster preparedness project, Turkey, 2006-2009
Phases | Title | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Phase I | Disaster preparedness and response | March-June 2006 | Preparation for and implementation of a 1-day course on disaster preparedness held in capital city of Ankara |
Phase II | Stakeholders conference and preparation | July 2006 | Two-day meeting on state of emergency medicine both internationally and in Turkey, EM program development, leadership, and pre-hospital care systems, with the goal of forming consensus for goals and objectives of project |
Phases III | Train-the-trainers conference | Nov 2006 | Five-day conference on core EM topics given collaboratively by faculty from EMAT and GWUMC to the regional coordinators. This was followed by final organization and translation of conference materials into a 4-day EM course, development of a web-based site containing all course materials, logistics planning for course administration, and production of class handouts |
Phase IV | Course implementation | Nov 2006-May 2009 | Administration of the 4-day EM course to Turkish EM practitioners in 7 regions of Turkey |