PennDemic Simulation Framework: An Innovative Approach to Increase Student Interest and Confidence in Disasters Preparedness/Response and Interdisciplinary Teamwork

• Main Authors: Stephen D. Cole (Author), Hillary C. M. Nelson (Author), Bonnie D. Jenkins (Author), Cathy Y. Poon (Author), Shelley C. Rankin (Author), Deborah E. Becker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An interdisciplinary group from two higher-education institutions in Philadelphia developed a novel framework for interprofessional education. This framework was applied to two different scenarios disease outbreak and natural disaster, which were used in simulations in 2018 and 2020. By design, thes...