Prehospital & Disaster Medicine
Volume  28  – Issue 06 – December 2013
https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=PDM&tab=currentissue

Development of an Evaluation Framework Suitable for Assessing Humanitarian Workforce Competencies During Crisis Simulation Exercises.
Cranmer H1, Chan JL2, Kayden S3, Musani A4, Gasquet PE5, Walker P6, Burkle FM7, Johnson K8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24429109

Abstract
The need to provide a professionalization process for the humanitarian workforce is well established. Current competency-based curricula provided by existing academically affiliated training centers in North America, the United Kingdom, and the European Union provide a route toward certification. Simulation exercises followed by timely evaluation is one way to mimic the field deployment process, test knowledge of core competences, and ensure that a competent workforce can manage the inevitable emergencies and crises they will face. Through a 2011 field-based exercise that simulated a humanitarian crisis, delivered under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), a competency-based framework and evaluation tool is demonstrated as a model for future training and evaluation of humanitarian providers.