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The Power of Cross-Disciplinary Teams for Developing First Responder Training in TBI
Author(s) -
Jo Shackelford,
Amy Cappiccie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of professional, continuing and online education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-0071
DOI - 10.18741/p9h59g
Subject(s) - curriculum , dissemination , traumatic brain injury , medical education , discipline , psychology , training (meteorology) , best practice , medicine , pedagogy , computer science , psychiatry , political science , telecommunications , physics , meteorology , law
Misunderstanding of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) often leaves first responders ill-equipped to handle encounters involving subjects with brain injury. This paper details a cross-disciplinary project to develop and disseminate a training curriculum designed to increase first responders’ knowledge of and skills with TBI survivors. The article aims to assist other professionals in understanding the process of working within a cross-disciplinary team to develop and disseminate a training curriculum. Lessons learned based on the development of such a curriculum for first responders working with persons with TBI will be valuable to training coordinators and serve as best practices for implementing similar training programs for specialized learner groups.

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