id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-001343-3euy4u9k Wang, Yadong A Multi-Method Approach to Curriculum Development for In-Service Training in China’s Newly Established Health Emergency Response Offices 2014-06-27 .txt text/plain 4088 161 40 In recognition of the national need for an in-service program to target the''level four'' health staff as defined by WADEM, i.e.'h ealth workers who played lead roles in disaster health management'' [20] , China's Ministry of Health (MoH) commissioned the Capital Medical University in 2010 to develop and implement a competency-based curriculum to help strengthen the performance of the new cadre of HERO staff. We assessed tasks, roles and responsibilities, and training needs of HERO staff through face-to-face interviews of eleven experienced key informants; they included health emergency experts from the government, the military and the academic sector, and senior staff of HEROs. We also explored their awareness of existing training activities and the associated relative strengths and weaknesses, their preferences on modes of curriculum delivery and the optimal duration of in-service training. ./cache/cord-001343-3euy4u9k.txt ./txt/cord-001343-3euy4u9k.txt