Creating a global dialogue on infectious disease surveillance: connecting organizations for regional disease surveillance (CORDS).

Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS) is an international non-governmental organization focused on information exchange between disease surveillance networks in different areas of the world. By linking regional disease surveillance networks, CORDS builds a trust-based social fabric of experts who share best practices, surveillance tools and strategies, training courses, and innovations. CORDS exemplifies the shifting patterns of international collaboration needed to prevent, detect, and counter all types of biological dangers - not just naturally occurring infectious diseases, but also terrorist threats.

Conflict management training and nurse-physician collaborative behaviors.

Collaboration between nurses and physicians continues to be elusive although it is a desirable goal for most in health care. This study used a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the outcomes of a conflict resolution (management) training program on nurses' perception of their collaboration with the physicians with whom they work. Results showed no differences between the experimental and control groups following the intervention.

Nurses' perceptions of content and delivery style of bioterrorism education.

The long-term purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a problem-solving computerized bioterrorism education and training (CBET) program compared with a standard bioterrorism education and training (SBET) program. The content and delivery preferences of nurses employed in two major hospitals in Los Angeles and San Diego that would be relevant to the design of the SBET and CBET scenarios were assessed. During the focus groups, nurses also considered culturally sensitive delivery aspects.