The Medical Reserve Corps

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamya Raja
Keyword(s):  
Medical Reserve Corps

Factors that Influence Medical Reserve Corps Recruitment

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (S1) ◽  
pp. s27-s34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Qureshi ◽  
Robyn M. Gershon ◽  
Francisco Conde
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Surge Capacity ◽  
Time Commitment ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Medical Reserve Corps ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
Ability And Willingness

AbstractThe Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is a key strategy used in the United States to assure an adequate surge capacity healthcare workforce for response to disasters. A survey of Hawaiian healthcare providers (n = 1,057) was conducted to identify factors that influence interest, ability, and willingness to join the MRC; 468 (44.3%) healthcare providers responded. Overall, females were more likely to demonstrate an interest in joining the MRC, while physicians and dentists reported lower levels of ability and willingness, in addition to a lower level of interest in joining the MRC than the other professional groups. The most important motivating factor in joining the MRC was altruism and the ability to help one's own community. Respondents reported a number of factors that would influence their decision to join or remain a MRC member. These included: (1) time commitment required; (2) MRC organization and management; (3) provision of MRC-sponsored training or education sessions and continuing education credits; (4) concerns regarding the safety of family members during a disaster; (5) professional liability protection for work performed during MRC operations; and (6) competing personal obligations. Strategies targeting these factors probably will be most effective in recruitment and retention of MRC volunteers as well as members of other public health surge capacity volunteer groups.

scholarly journals Careers in Virology: Public Health Opportunities for Early-Career Basic Scientists

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (14) ◽  
pp. 7700-7702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Kilianski
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Basic Science ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Health Science ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Medical Reserve Corps ◽  
Health Careers

Undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scientists trained as virologists can play critical roles in public health, such as in health science policy, epidemiology, and national defense. Despite a need for basic science backgrounds within these fields, finding entry-level careers can be challenging. Volunteer opportunities are a great way for scientists to experience public health careers while still in school, and this article describes volunteering with the Medical Reserve Corps and outlines unique postgraduate opportunities for early-career virologists.

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