Abstract
For 20 years, the Global Outbreak Response and Alert Network (GOARN) has been a leader in the coordination of international outbreak response. On the premise that no single institution can provide all capacities required to successfully respond to a complex public health emergency or fulfil all outbreak response training needs, GOARN embarked on a capacity building journey that draws on the unique strengths of more than 250 partner institutions. Through extensive engagement and collaboration, GOARN Partners have created a bespoke, multifaceted, 3-tiered training programme which has evolved over the last 15 years and enhanced the competencies of thousands of multidisciplinary outbreak responders around the world.
Highlights
Successful outbreak response requires a multidisciplinary [1] cadre of professionals who can work effectively and efficiently as part of a cohesive team
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)’s inaugural training effort in 2005 saw a group of outbreak responders brought together for a didacticstyle course to learn about operational processes of deploying to the field, the inter-disciplinary teamwork required in an outbreak response, team leadership, ensuring team member well-being on deployment, and best practices for engaging with communities and other partners
After several iterations of this didactic training and the lessons learned from implementing similar classroom-style trainings, recommendations from an external evaluation of the course conducted in 2009, and experiences stemming from a Training of Trainers seminar in 2010, the GOARN course was converted into a 7-day residential scenario-driven training
Summary
Successful outbreak response requires a multidisciplinary [1] cadre of professionals who can work effectively and efficiently as part of a cohesive team. Intended as an overarching training opportunity to adequately prepare an individual to perform effectively in multidisciplinary and culturally-diverse teams, this programme helps build the core capacities required for an international responder to adapt and apply their technical skills in any type of outbreak response team or field setting.
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