Disaster Medicine Training
Welcome to Disaster Medicine Training.
This course was developed to provide a foundation of disaster medicine knowledge that every health care provider who responds to a disaster should know. This course was developed through SEMPER, Stanford Emergency Medicine Program for Emergency Response. SEMPER’s mission has 3 pillars:
- Develop nimble medical teams that could “load and go” into a disaster scene within 24 hours of a call and to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours.
- Develop a standardized disaster medicine education curriculum and training for all members.
- Pursue research to develop disaster best practices in order to improve disaster medical care.

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Disaster Medicine Training
Welcome to Disaster Medicine Training.
This course was developed to provide a foundation of disaster medicine knowledge that every health care provider who responds to a disaster should know. This course was developed through SEMPER, Stanford Emergency Medicine Program for Emergency Response. SEMPER’s mission has 3 pillars:
- Develop nimble medical teams that could “load and go” into a disaster scene within 24 hours of a call and to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours.
- Develop a standardized disaster medicine education curriculum and training for all members.
- Pursue research to develop disaster best practices in order to improve disaster medical care.

Estimated 8 weeks
1–2 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
Free
Optional upgrade available
Enrollment closed
Future dates to be announced
Disaster Medicine Training
At a glance
- Institution: StanfordOnline
- Subject: Medicine
- Level: Introductory
- Prerequisites:
No prerequisites are required for this course.
- Language: English
- Video Transcript: English
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