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There will be an ORIENTATION SESSION on Friday october 24th  at the TARA WOODS Recreational Center from 1:00 - 5:00 PM     

Tara Woods is located off of 41 in North Fort Myers 4 miles north of the Shell Factory.

In addition to Orientation an additional Inservice will be offered, which is to be announced.

Our MRC Chapter is planning to put together a NFM group for a POD exercise.

 

Educational Opportunities

Educational Opportunities

Medical Reserve Corps members come from a variety of background and enter the program with varying credentials. In an effort to coordinate and integrate the local MRC resources into both local and national emergency response organization, the MRC has developed a set of “core competencies”

These represent the baseline level of knowledge and skill that ALL MRC volunteers should have regardless of their roles within the MRC units.

While we will be offering instructor lead courses, we also realize the usefulness of online training.

TRAIN: a premier online learning resource for MRC volunteers

Advantages:

*Quickly find and register for many courses
* Links available to key academic learning resources
* Select courses by subject, competency, credit type, etc
* Work at your leisure
* Free
* Earn CME,CEU and contact hours for many courses
*Track your learning with personal online transcripts
* Course reviews and discussion board
* Identify MRC Core Competencies and courses that will fulfill the requirements
* Check out upcoming events

How to access TRAIN online training:

Go to www.mrc.train.org
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If this is your first visit, click “Create Account” on the left to register for TRAIN

Go to Search Courses
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You can choose courses by a variety of criteria:

By Course ID
By Course subject
By Competency
By Credit
Others

Start learning today!

Required courses :
Choose on line or classroom options

  1. SW Florida MRC Orientation
    Classroom: available throughout the year- time to be announced
    Online: will soon be available on TRAIN

    See the SW Florida MRC Training Orientation Presentation. 

  2. National Incident Management System-Incident Command System
    Classroom: to be announced

    or

    Online: Available on TRAIN :     www.mrc.train.org.
    Training Module # 100913
    KYDPH Medical Reserve Corps:MRC Incident Command – An Introduction to NIMS
     
  3. Disaster Mental Health

    Classroom: Available throughout the year- times to be announced

    ( If you have participated in B-Fast,C-Fast, R-Fast; Disaster Behavioral Health programs presented by DEEP, U of Miami; or Psychological First Aid ( Santucci, Finn, or National Center for PTSD) , you have completed all your disaster mental health requirements for both mental and non-mental health professionals.

    Online: Available on TRAIN:     www.mrc.train.org.
    Search by: Training Module # 1009534
    KYDPH Medical Reserve Corps : Psychology of Disaster

    or

    Online: Available on TRAIN:     www.mrc.train.org. 
    Search by Provider: Yale New Haven 
    Mental Health Aspects of Emergencies and Disasters for non-mental health professionals ( EM230)
     
  4. Family Disaster Planning
    www.ready.gov

    Some of our members have decided to expand their role and select areas of special interest beyond the general disaster response. In an effort to accommodate these interests, we will be providing on-site training which can be supplemented by online resources we have listed training resources that can be used to supplement your knowledge.

    In addition, you will be notified of additional training, whether instructor lead or online, which will be offered through many of our partners, CDC, Lee County Health Department, other MRC’s, etc

    Your participation in drills and exercises are imperative to help you feel comfortable and provide you with a hands on experience to build skill and knowledge.

    5.  http://www.homelandresponder.org/Pages/HR-2-features.html
         Homeland Responder Training Site with over 200 short videos for first responders.

    6.  Introduction to Disaster Mental Health for Non-Mental Health MRC Volunteers.         

         Trains the learner to recognize the emotional impact of disaster, and describes the   components of psychological first aid.  Allows the learner to identify anticipated victim responses and appropriate responder interventions.  Online available on TRAIN:  www.mrc.train.org  Sign in and click on "My Learning"

          

SW Florida MRC Educational Resources

PowerPoint Presentations available for Continuing Education Credit at www.mrc.train.org

Dr. Abbe Finn, an MRC volunteer and member of the  national work group on disaster mental health, demonstrates the use of puppets with children.

Drs. Pat Santucci and Abbe Finn had 2 sessions in Disaster Mental Health for over 200 hundred professionals late spring at Lee Memorial Hospital . The workshop was so well received, that they were asked to do a repeat for the Lee County School System. This 3rd workshop included over 100 school nurses, psychologists, school counselors and social workers and was sponsored by FGCU, Lee County School System and the SW Florida MRC.

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