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1. Activity

New Jersey Preparedness Training Consortium (NJ PTC)

Funded by Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Bioterrorism and Curriculum Development Program (BTCDP): Continuing Education for Healthcare Professionals

2. Project Leader

Patricia L. Fleming, PhD, MS; fleminpl@umdnj.edu

3. Other Faculty

William E. Halperin, MD, DrPH, MPH; halperwe@umdnj.edu

Robert Smith, MD, MPH; smithr3@umdnj.edu

Drew Harris, DPM, MPH; harrisda@umdnj.edu

4. Vision

New Jersey's healthcare professionals better prepared to respond to emerging health threats

5. Mission

Train broad categories of healthcare professionals to:

Recognize threats to the public's health, whether natural, accidental, or terrorist

Respond to the threat by notifying public health authorities

Meet patients' acute care needs

Participate in response, mitigation and recovery as part of a multi-disciplinary team

6. Description of Activities

NJ PTC is a consortium of many of New Jersey's leading academic and health care organizations dedicated to providing discipline-specific training to a broad array of practitioners with the goal of enhancing recognition and response capacity in the event of a disaster or catastrophic health event.

A variety of discipline-specific training options are provided throughout New Jersey including lectures, symposia, hands-on workshops, web-based courses, and conferences. Visit www.nj-ptc.org for current offerings.

A program which promotes awareness of practices for personal protection and includes quantitative respirator fit testing is offered through New Jersey Medical School and St. Barnabas Health Care System.

7. Publications

NJ PTC is sponsoring 10 CME category-1 credits for completion of articles in New Jersey Medicine: Special Supplement - Public Health Emergencies: Terrorism Preparedness. Articles include the following topics: legal issues, preparedness policy, epidemiology, chemical terrorism, surveillance, SARS, public health laboratory, radiological terrorism, nuclear power plant emergencies, mental health, education and training. To request copies of the journal, visit www.msnj.org or contact Wendy Ritch, Program Manager for NJ PTC, at ritchwe@umdnj.edu . To receive CME credits, visit http://ccoe.umdnj.edu/online .

8. Opportunities for students

Work study opportunities are available to participate in administrative and training activities including data collection and management, logistics and operations, respirator fit-testing service delivery

9. Opportunities for volunteers

Volunteers are welcome to assist NJ PTC members in developing or offering preparedness training. Join our Speakers Roster. Contact Wendy Ritch at ritchwe@umdnj.edu for information and referral to discipline-specific professional contacts. Visit www.nj-ptc.org for links to consortium member's websites.

10. Related websites

www.nj-ptc.org

www.nj.gov

Updated: 3/29/05