Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference
February 11-14, 1999
Overall Evaluation
Coordinated by the University of Wyoming Office of Conferences and Institutes
Satisfied Dissatisfied
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1. Preconference Publicity & Information (brochure) |
19 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
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1 |
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2. Conference Web Site |
7 |
3 |
1 |
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30 |
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3. Preregistration |
30 |
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3 |
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4. On-site registration |
22 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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14 |
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5. Lodging |
14 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
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11 |
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6. Refreshment breaks |
15 |
17 |
4 |
4 |
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7. Meeting Facilities |
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14 |
5 |
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8. Length of conference |
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16 |
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9. Amount of free time |
11 |
12 |
10 |
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10. Dates of conference |
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11. Location of conference |
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12. Would you recommend this conference to a friend or colleague |
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1. Quality of presenters 2. It was in Wyoming 3. Quality of speakers, variety of topics, and handouts 4. The presenters who expressed enthusiasm, humor and knowledge 5. Excellent presenters, great hospitality 6. Speakers different viewpoints 7. Location and subject matter 8. Great presenters and input 9. Warm and informal atmosphere, interaction, and well organized 10.Help from George and Berlinda was greatly appreciated 11.Topic and credits 12.Interacting with others 13.Broad expertise of speakers 14.Coverage of the topic, friendly attitudes 15.Opportunity to network, helpful and friendly staff 16.Facility, audio visual equipment 17.The variety of content 18.Quality handouts and information 19.Hands on info 20.Copies of research, models, info, slides, and videos 21.The expertise and knowledge of the presenters |
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14. How could this conference be improved? 1.Don’t schedule so tightly 2.Start on time, bigger more ventilated room 3.Adhere more closely to schedule 4.Less repetition of statistical information 5.More comfortable seating 6.Offer a range of lodging and transportation 7. More free time during the day 8. Networking between conferences through email newsletter 9. More hands on 10. Length of days shortened 11. Better audio visual support 12. Fewer presentations with adequate time allotted for questions and discussion. 13. By being repeated in 2-3 years 14.Too long, shorten the days 15. Maybe ten minute break in the middle of 2 presentations 16. More breaks 17. Not scheduled on Valentine’s Day. Start training on Sunday morning so it’s not such a long day |
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How did you hear about this conference? |
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1. Preconference workshop: Basic CISM |
5 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
19 |
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2. "Psychological debriefing and evidence based practice" |
1 |
5 |
17 |
14 |
11 |
2 |
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3. "The Poetry of Recovery" |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
17 |
3 |
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4. "Bridging the gap-The crisis response network" |
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6 |
8 |
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11 |
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5. "Acute psychological interventions following traumatic stressors: Empirical findings" |
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11 |
7 |
14 |
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6. "Mass casualty and airline disasters" |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
20 |
7 |
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7. "Terrorism and disaster mental health" |
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5 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
3 |
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8. "Surviving disaster: What we can learn from elderly civilians’ surprisingly successful coping with missile attack" |
2 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
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9. "Mower’s two factor model: Applications to disaster mental health services" |
3 |
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10 |
13 |
9 |
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10. "PTSD and chronic suicidal ideation" |
6 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
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1 |
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11. "Mental health intervention in mass casualty disasters" |
1 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
2 |
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12. Friday Symposium |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
15 |
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13. "Children and Families in disasters" |
3 |
2 |
1 |
13 |
20 |
1 |
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14. "NIMH residential fire study: Case study examination of the psychological effects of fire on children/adolescents and their parents" |
4 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
17 |
2 |
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15. "PTSD in Head Start children after exposure to Hurricane Andrew" |
3 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
17 |
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16. "School based disaster mental health serviced in the Laguna Beach Firesto" |
4 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
18 |
4 |
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17. "Children and trauma: Lessons from the Oklahoma City bombing" |
5 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
18 |
3 |
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18. Saturday Symposium |
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2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
19 |
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19. "Collaborating to increase effectiveness" |
3 |
5 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
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20. "Emergency measures psychosocial intervention in Quebec" |
4 |
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2 |
10 |
20 |
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21. "Follow-up counseling after disaster: Working with traumatic dreams toward healing" |
4 |
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1 |
13 |
16 |
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22. Sunday Symposium |
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6 |
9 |
21 |
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1.Disaster mental health topics in general…20 2.Providing Disaster Mental Health Services…22 3.Annual conference addressing Disaster Mental Health issues…17 4.Issues related to Adult Disaster victims…13 5.Issues related to children in disasters…12 6.Issues related to Disaster Worker Stress…19 7.Natural Disasters…12 8.Cultural Issues related to disasters…23 9.Terrorism…15 10.Responding to School violence…21 11.Disaster Mental Health research…12 12.PTSD…15 13.CISM/CISD… 10 14.Traumatology…20 15.Small disasters…14 16.Large disasters…9 17.Man-made disasters…10 18.Aviation disasters…9 19.Crisis Management in disasters…22 20.Other…The school board crisis in WY. Debriefing/defusing techniques. Coping with anniversaries and holidays for everyone. Treatment techniques. |
