Table 3 Materials developed for the 2018 full-scale exercise in Vietnam
From: Testing early warning and response systems through a full-scale exercise in Vietnam
Materials developed | Contents | Delivered to |
|---|---|---|
Controller-Evaluator Handbook | Contained all necessary tools for controllers and evaluators, including roles and responsibilities and procedures to follow during the exercise. | Controllers Evaluators |
Player Handbook | Provided exercise participants with the necessary tools to perform their roles in the exercise and the procedures they should follow during the exercise. It also described exercise staff roles and responsibilities. | Players Venue Point of Contact Observers |
Actors’ Script | Provided actors with biographic information of the roles they were playing, as well as timelines and details of actions that they needed to take. | Controllers Actors |
Event/Controller Evaluator Matrix | Contained venue names, addresses, points of contact information, exercise staff information and hours for the exercise. | Controllers Evaluators Exercise control cell |
Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) | Outlined benchmarks and injects that drove exercise play. It also included detailed input to exercise players, as well as information expected to emanate from simulated organizations. The MSEL consisted of two parts: timeline and injects. | Controllers Evaluators |
Controller Injects | Described all injects for controllers. An individual event inject was a detailed description of each exercise event. There were 4 types of injects: exercise control, contextual, contingency and expected player action. | Controllers |
Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEG) | Provided a consistent tool to guide data collection. It also provided a template for evaluators to write observations, accompanying discussions and recommendations and enabled them to capture strengths and areas for improvement related to each exercise objective and critical task. EEGs were designed for Commune Health Station, District Level Hospital, District Health Center, Rapid Response Team home venue, Provincial Preventive Medicine Center, Laboratory Regional Institute of Public Health, Sub-national Regional Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) and National PHEOC. | Controllers Evaluators |
Action/Problem Log | Used to record problems encountered during the exercise, particularly those that revealed potential weaknesses in the public health emergency response. | Controllers Evaluators |
Participant Feedback Form | Provided participants the opportunity to comment on exercise activities and exercise design using Likert scale and open-ended questions. | Players Controllers Evaluators Venue Point of Contact Actors Observers Media Personnel |
Communication List | Provided players with contact information of all venue points of contact, controllers/evaluators and some departments that players could potentially call, such as provincial hospital/ health department. | Players Controllers Evaluators Venue Point of Contact Actors Observers Media Personnel |