First Advisor
Moore, Erik
College
College for Professional Studies
Degree Name
MS Information Technology Management
School
School of Computer & Information Science
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Number of Pages
98 pages
Abstract
Emergency response training has several shortcomings that affect its effectiveness. Full-scale exercises are effective, but expensive, cumbersome and time consuming to plan and conduct. Discussion based trainings are much more cost effective and easy to plan, but the retention rate is lower on covered material. It is important to get the most out of limited training budgets by finding a way to be both efficient and effective with time and money. In this case study, the problems of the 2002 New Mexico Public Health ICS training are analyzed. This training provides good examples of how traditional training tools, style and impact were not used for the best outcome on retention of how to manage response in the event of an emergency. Methods of addressing these issues by other industries are reviewed and considered for application in the field of emergency response training. This suggests that using software simulation, it would be possible to harness the experiential learning of a full scale exercise with a more individually tailored and efficient training system. This would result in the ability to train people with greater flexibility than current methods allow, with far better results.
Date of Award
Spring 2009
Location (Creation)
Colorado (state); Denver (county); Denver (inhabited place)
Copyright
© Heather Burke
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Recommended Citation
Burke, Heather, "Software Simulation and Emergency Response Training: a Case Study" (2009). Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection). 47.
https://epublications.regis.edu/theses/47