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as <br />Third Ouarter• Year One Funding <br />1. Begin recruitment efforts for additional medical professionals for MRC by June 30, 2004. <br />• Obtain current database:; of Orange County licensed nurses and pharmacists to begin <br />recruitment of additional nurse and pharmacist volunteers. <br />• Collaborate with LTNC ~~chool of Social Work and Orange County Department of <br />Social Services on social worker recruitment efforts. <br />• Contact State Social Worker licensing board to explore procurement of Licensed <br />Clinical Social Worker ~3atabase. <br />• Collaborate with the iJrdC health professional schools and State licensing boards to <br />identify additional medical professional recruitment targets such as laboratory <br />technicians, epidemiologists, biostatiticians, physicians, physician assistants, dentists, <br />dental assistants, certified nursing assistants, veterinarians, vet technicians, etc. <br />2. In collaboration with community partners, participate in tabletop and actual training drills in <br />preparation for activation and deployment of volunteer MRC by June 30, 2004. <br />3. Activate MRC unit to respond to any emergency events. Deploy, monitor and evaluate <br />volunteers and document type of emergency, number of volunteers responding, and volunteer <br />participants' evaluation of the event and response effort. <br />• All nurses and other LT]~1C Hospital employees must be identified upon joining the <br />MRC. UNC Hospital Employees must report to the hospital if required before <br />assisting in any public health response efforts. Close collaboration with UNC <br />Hospitals must occur fir coordination of volunteers when mass casualty response is <br />not necessary or when all off-duty nurses are not needed for small-scale mass <br />casualty responses. <br />14 <br />