Highlights of the Symposium include:
- Plenary sessions on the new National Response Framework; emerging global health threats; the evolving role of the Indian Health Service; and an exploration of the links between basic public health care and disaster preparedness.
- A keynote address by the Acting Surgeon General, RADM Steven Galson, USPHS.
- More than 40 concurrent track sessions addressing a wide range of topics including access to care; rebuilding the health care system in Iraq; patient safety during emergency response; telemedicine; improving access to chronic care; rural health care challenges; preparing for clinical work in less developed countries; understanding the public health role in mass fatality management; strengthening tribal preparedness efforts; trans-border health care; and much more.
- Six hands-on pre-conference workshops addressing critical training needs including the fundamentals of leadership, cultural competency in deployment situations; and bio-ethics issues related to pandemic influenza.
- A full-day of category-specific sessions.
- Continuing education credits for all categories.
- Multiple networking opportunities.