Major challenges and barriers for successful management of health exercises in emergencies and disasters: findings from a qualitative conventional content analysis study

Understanding the obstacles and challenges in implementing discussion-based and operations-based exercises in emergencies and disasters derived from the experiences of exercise implementers in the health system can help health planners and managers proactively address these obstacles and by considering these challenges and striving to reduce them before designing an exercise they can maintain and improve preparedness of their community's healthcare system through the implementation of successful and effective exercises.