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Jeffrey Mitchell

Jeffrey Mitchell

Clinical Professor

Emergency Health Services

Sherman Hall (Academic IV Bldg) 311

Education

Ph D University of Maryland College Park 1983

Advanced Graduate Certificate Loyola College (Now University) 1979

MS Loyola University 1977

BS St. Mary's Seminary University 1973

jmitchell@umbc.edu

+1 410 455 3777

About

Born: Brooklyn New York. Former firefighter and paramedic. Worked as a regional coordinator of emergency health services for the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
C0-Founder of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) a non profit organization that provides education and support to traumatized emergency and military personnel.
Adjunct faculty Emergency Management Institute, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
On line faculty, Florida Institute of Technology
Part time faculty, Johns Hopkins University.
Came to UMBC in 1980. Now a clinical professor of EHS.

Research Interests

Emergency services personnel, medical and nursing personnel. Disaster workers, military personnel.

Teaching Interests

Stress, Crisis Intervention, Traumatic stress, disaster management, disaster mental health services, Psychology of disasters, human resiliency, and suicide prevention

Selected Classes
  • Fall 2021 EHS 320 – Disaster Management
  • EHS 360 – Instructional Issues in Emergency Health Services
  • EHS 470 – Emergency Response to Crisis
  • Spring 2021 EHS 360 – Instructional Concepts in Emergency Health Services
  • EHS 330 – Management of Search and Rescue Operations
  • EHS 311 – Personal and professional Stress and Burnout
  • Fall 2020 EHS 320 – Disaster Management
  • EHS 360 – Educational issues in Emergency Services
  • 470 – Emergency Response to Crisis
  • Spring 2020 EHS 360 – Educational issues in Emergency Health Services
  • 330 – Mangement of Search and Rescue Functions
  • 311 – Stress and Burnout in Emergency Services
  • Spring 2018 EHS 330 – management of search and rescue operations
  • EHS 311 – Stress and Burnout in the Emergency Services Professions
  • EHS 360 – Instructional Issues in Emergency Health Services
  • Spring 2017 EHS 311 – Stress and Burnout in the Health Care Professions
  • Fall 2014 EHS 320 – Disaster Management
  • EHS 470 – Emergency response to crisis
  • EHS 360 – Instructional Issues in Emergency health services
  • Spring 2014 EHS 311 – EHS
  • EHS 360 – Instructional Issues in EHS
  • EHS 320 – Management of Searach and Recue Funcitons

Creative Publications

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. (2018). Techniques of Delivering Bad News. 1. Ellicott City, MD: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

Intellectual Contributions

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. (2020). Advanced Group Crisis Intervention. 5th edition. 118 Ellicott City, Maryland: International Critical Incident Stress Foundation.

Mitchell, Jeffrey T., Visnovske, Josey L. (2019). Transition Man. 1. 225 Create Space Publishing.

Presentations

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). EMS today. Lecture. "You Can't Unsee It," JEMS Publishing Corp. Orlando, Fl. (Mar 4, 2020).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). German Air Traffic Control Peer Update. Seminar. "CISM Update of Air Traffic Control Personnel," ICISF. Langen, Germany. (Dec 2, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Group Crisis Intervention Approved Instructor training. Seminar. "Instructor Guidelines," ICISF. San Francisco, CA. (Sep 19, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). US Army Crisis Intervention Training. Seminar. "Crisis Intervention and Psychological First Aid," US ARMY. Fort Meade, MD. (Aug 22, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Houston Regional CISM conference. Seminar. "Advanced Group Crisis Intervention," ICISF. Houston, TX. (Aug 1, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping. Keynote/Plenary Address. "Models Count," ICISF. Baltimore, Maryland. (May 23, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Shine a Light on Crisis Intervention. Seminar. "Crisis intervetnition and Management," Southeastern Hospital. Lumberton, SC. (May 10, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Group and Individual Crisis intervention. Seminar. "Training in Individual and group crisis intervention skills," ICISF. Atlantic City, NJ. (Jan 6, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Co-Chair). Bi-lateral stimulation and traumatic control. Seminar. "Alternative approaches to CISM," ICISF. Anne Arundel County. (Jan 4, 2019).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Presenter). San Diego CISM conference. Seminar. "Group and Individual assistance to people in crisis," ICISF. San Diego, CA. (Dec 6, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Adapting CISD for children. Seminar. "Adaptationsof CISM services for use with children," University of Riverside. Riverside, CA. (Oct 25, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. ICISF. Seminar. "Strategic Response to Crisis," Seskatchewan CISM team. Seskatchewan, Canada. (Oct 18, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. China Conference on Critical Incident Stress Management. Seminar. "Instructor Training for ICISF's Individual and Group Crisis Intervention Courses," Chinese Social Services Organization. Macao, China. (Jul 18, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. Trauma Summit. Keynote/Plenary Address. "Lessons Learned in Four Decades of Critical Incident Stress Management," Trauma Summit Organization. Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Jun 28, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T. Irish CISM Instructor Training. Seminar. "Instructor Training for ICISF's Individual and Group Crisis Intervention Courses," Irish Defense Forces. Dublin, Ireland. (Jun 6, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey t (Author & Presenter). Graduate Seminar. Lecture. "Stress Management for Grauduate Students," UMBC /EHS department. EHS department. (Apr 11, 2018).

Mitchell, Jeffrey T (Author & Presenter). Meeting. Lecture. "Resiliency in the face of Traumatic Stress," Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services, Critical Incident Stress Management Team. Rockville, MD. (Feb 23, 2018).