IHR Simulator 3.0
Health crises of multiple natures - infectious, chemical or nuclear - are growing worldwide. International Health Regulation (IHR) allows States and the international community to respond to these challenges. Recently, the H1N1 virus, the resurgence of poliomyelitis, the Ebola virus, the Zika virus, were all declared « Public Health Emergency of International Concern ».
What about tomorrow?
The IHR 3.0 Simulator was initiated by a consortium of European public universities in consultation with the WHO. Like a flight simulator for pilots, it aims at virtually training national focal points at distance. By analyzing in real-time your responses and behaviors when you are placed in a virtual crisis situation, it will identify the potential shortcomings in the training of teams. It will also reinforce learning outcomes concerning the implementation of the International Health Regulations.
In practice, you will be placed within a management team in real-time for a simulated health crisis occurring in a given country.
For 30 minutes, each of you will play a virtual role as a member of one of the following four teams: the ministry of health of the affected country; other ministries of the country; World Health Organization; or neighboring countries. You will follow a news thread displaying the information that will allow you to take the decisions which are the most relevant to the crises within your role.
You will answer on your smartphone, iPad or laptop, to the multiple-choice quiz given by the simulator.
The answers, which will be kept anonymous will be analyzed and then projected in real-time and discussed during the session.
▻https://www.unige.ch/medecine/isg/fr/nouvelles/ihr-simulator-30