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An Introduction to Applying the Incident Command System (ICS) to Public Health

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This blended training course is part of a regional intervention designed to strengthen local health department (LHD) ability to effectively implement the Incident Command System (ICS) during public health emergencies. Tailored specifically for the public health workforce, the course "translates" ICS principles into public health language and real-world practice to enhance both individual understanding and organizational readiness. Participants will begin with a series of asynchronous online modules covering, brief, foundational topics such as hazards, response obligations, and core emergency functions. The training then culminates in two days of in-person, team-based instruction, featuring interactive activities and a scenario-based drill customized to reflect a disaster relevant to the participants’ local context.

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Kimberley Shoaf, MPH, DrPH

Dr. Kimberley I. Shoaf is Professor in the Division of Public Health and Associate Chief for Community Engaged Scholarship. She has more than 30 years of experience in public health practice including experience as a health educator, trainer, and researcher. She has particular expertise in program planning and evaluation applicable to both general public health practice and emergency public health. She has worked with more than 50 local health departments in preparing for responding to disasters through training, assessments, and exercises as well as in writing of plans. She has both a research and an educational focus on workforce development within public health and primary care. Dr. Shoaf received her Master of Public Health degree in Population and Family Health and a DrPH in Community Health Sciences from the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

For more info: https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0859266

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