2011 Program Details

All sessions will be conducted at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

 

This program will now start on October 19th, 2011.

 

Session 1a: Operations

  • Wednesday, October 19, 2011: 12pm - 5pm
  • Thursday, October 20, 2011: 8am - 5pm
  • Friday, October 21, 2011: 8am - 3pm

Agenda/Topics: Introduction, yearlong assignment for each working group, legal and ethical aspects of EMS, public speaking, communications, medical disaster leadership. Systems analysis and resources, county government model, private model, hospital model, fire-rescue model, other models. Linkage with emergency management and public health.


Session 1b: Finance and Accounting

  • Wednesday, January 4, 2011: 12pm - 5pm
  • Thursday, January 5, 2011: 8am - 5pm
  • Friday, January 6, 2011: 8am - 3pm

Agenda/Topics: Cost analysis, budgets, accounting, financial tools, developing cost templates for day-to-day operations, cost templates for a mass casualty or medical disaster.


Session 2a: Public Information, Marketing, Revenue

  • Wednesday, March 7, 2012: 12pm - 5pm
  • Thursday, March 8, 2012: 8am - 5pm
  • Friday, March 9, 2012: 8am - 3pm

Agenda/Topics: Public Presentations. FEMA reimbursements and payments for disasters and facility evacuations. Developing Public Safety Announcements (PSAs), publication materials. Negotiation skills, conflict resolution.


Session 2b: Management

  • Wednesday, May 2, 2012: 12pm - 5pm
  • Thursday, May 3, 2012: 8am - 5pm
  • Friday, May 4, 2012: 8am - 3pm

Agenda/Topics: Day-to-day operations, peak staffing, deployment strategies, surge staffing, mass casualty response and disaster staffing.


Session 3: Leadership and Innovation, and EMS Revenue

  • Wednesday, July 11, 2012: 12pm - 5pm
  • Thursday, July 12, 2012: 8am - 5pm
  • Friday, July 13, 2012: 8am - 3pm

Agenda/Topics: Creating a team. Team building. Personal development. Presentation skills, packaging and delivering your message, delivering good and difficult news, rumor control. Lead organizations during a disaster. Billing for Services, collections, CMS, Medicaid, commercial payers, stand-by-fees, group presentations. Wrap up and graduation.

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