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Workshop Program

Day 1: Monday, September 21, 2009

7:30am - 5:00pm: Registration

7:30 – 8:30am: Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00am: Introduction to the Workshop After Action Process: H1N1 Timeline

9:00 – 9:20am: First Case Description – Southern California
Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH, Health Officer, San Diego County Public Health Department

9:20 – 9:45am: Keynote Presentation 1
Novel H1N1 Influenza: Unraveling the Outbreak
Captain Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

9:45 – 10:15am: Keynote Presentation 2
Federal Public Health Decision Making
William Craig Vanderwagen, MD, Rear Admiral, US Public Health Service; Assistant Surgeon General, US Department of Health and Human Services

10:15 – 10:45am: Break

Following the Break, the meeting will reconvene in plenary sessions for a series of three, 45 minute, thematic After Action Panels. Each panel will have representation from a small, large and national agency. Each presenter will be given 10 minutes to inform participants on how the developing outbreak affected their respective community/agency, actions that worked well and those that did not, leading to reflection on what might have been done differently based on information available at that time. At the end of each panel, time will be allowed for questions that will inform afternoon discussion groups.

10:45 – 11:30am: After Action Panel: Epidemiology
Howard Backer, MD, MPH, Associate Secretary, Emergency Preparedness, California Health and Human Services Agency; Kathryn C. Boylan, RN, MEd, CNAA, Health Commissioner, Elyria Ohio, City Health District; Captain Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Acting Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

11:30am – 12:15pm: After Action Panel: Public Health Communication
Fidel J. Calvillo, LVN, Director of Public Health Response Program, Cameron County, Texas Department of Health and Human Services; Joanne Cox, MC, Deputy Chief, Emergency Risk Communication Branch, National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Al Lundeen, JD, MA, Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs, California Department of Public Health

12:15 – 1:00pm: After Action Panel: Health Care Coordination
Captain Dahna Batts, MD, FACEP, US Public Health Service; Team Lead, Clinician Communication Team, National Center for Health Marketing/Emergency Communication System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kurt C. Kainsinger, MPH, EMT, Disaster Resource Center Manager, UCLA Health System, Office of Emergency Preparedness; David E. Persse, MD, Physician Director, City of Houston Emergency Medical Services

1:00 - 2:30pm: Networking Lunch

After lunch, four Working Groups will be convened, each addressing specific elements of the response. The goal of these groups will be to discuss in greater detail, the applicable issues raised in the morning sessions, and to prepare a 15 minute summary of the key points. These presentations will be presented at the plenary session on the morning of Day 2. Each group will be facilitated by a faculty member from the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters, with notes compiled by a recorder. An afternoon break will be provided.

2:30 - 5:00pm: Targeted Working Group Sessions

Working Group I: Epidemiology
Issues of case tracking, laboratory identification/surge, information technology

Working Group II: Public Health Risk Communication
Preparing public messages; standardizing information and timely updates; working with the media; informing the public

Working Group III: Local Public Health Actions
Non-pharmaceutical interventions; public gatherings; school closures

Working Group IV: Providing Health Care
Hospital surge capacity; use of Personal Protective Equipment; Strategic National Stockpile; implications for primary health care providers and EMS personnel

3:15-3:45pm: Break

6:00 – 8:00pm: Evening Reception

Day 2: Tuesday, September 22, 2009

8:00am – 3:15pm: Registration

8:00 – 9:00am: Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 11:00am: Working Group Reports
Each group will report findings and recommendations for improvement planning, with time included for audience discussion.

11:00 – 11:30am: Break

11:30am – 12:00pm: Disease-causing Capability of Novel H1N1 A Virus: Current State of this Virus
Shira Shafir, PhD, MPH, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Center for Global and Immigrant Health, UCLA School of Public Health

12:00 – 12:30pm: Global Situation: Current and Projected Status
Martin Cetron, MD, (invited), Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

12:30 – 2:00pm: Working Lunch

During lunch, participants will be asked to sit in “Working Group” tables to develop no more than five (5) action steps within the context of the presentations from the Working Groups earlier this morning. These action steps will be collected, compiled, and presented prior to the close of this After Action Workshop.

2:00 – 2:30pm: Status of Novel H1N1 Disease and Planning for the 2009-2010 Influenza Season
Captain Daniel M. Sosin, MD, MPH, FACP, Acting Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2:30 – 3:00pm: Target Action Steps
Presented by: UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters Staff

3:00 – 3:15pm: Closing Remarks
Steven J. Rottman, MD, FACEP
Director, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters; Adjunct Professor, UCLA School of Public Health and David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA

3:15pm: Conference Adjourns

*** Due to the nature of the field of emergency public health, there may be unanticipated changes to the program.***