scholarly journals Disaster Medicine Education and Training for Medical Student at Juntendo University

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-118
Author(s):  
ATSUSHI YAMADA ◽  
YOSHINORI FUKUSHIMA ◽  
TAKAHIRO MIKI ◽  
TOSHIAKI IBA
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
And Training ◽  
Medicine Education

scholarly journals Medical student disaster medicine education: the development of an educational resource

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst G. Pfenninger ◽  
Bernd D. Domres ◽  
Wolfgang Stahl ◽  
Andreas Bauer ◽  
Christine M. Houser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Medicine Education

Perspectives of Future Physicians on Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: Challenges of Building a Capable and Sustainable Auxiliary Medical Workforce

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 210-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather E. Kaiser ◽  
Daniel J. Barnett ◽  
Edbert B. Hsu ◽  
Thomas D. Kirsch ◽  
James J. James ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Pandemic Influenza ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Web Based ◽  
And Training

ABSTRACTBackground: Although the training of future physicians in disaster preparedness and public health issues has been recognized as an important component of graduate medical education, medical students receive relatively limited exposure to these topics. Recommendations have been made to incorporate disaster medicine and public health preparedness into medical school curricula. To date, the perspectives of future physicians on disaster medicine and public health preparedness issues have not been described.Methods: A Web-based survey was disseminated to US medical students. Frequencies, proportions, and odds ratios were calculated to assess perceptions and self-described likelihood to respond to disaster and public health scenarios.Results: Of the 523 medical students who completed the survey, 17.2% believed that they were receiving adequate education and training for natural disasters, 26.2% for pandemic influenza, and 13.4% for radiological events, respectively; 51.6% felt they were sufficiently skilled to respond to a natural disaster, 53.2% for pandemic influenza, and 30.8% for radiological events. Although 96.0% reported willingness to respond to a natural disaster, 93.7% for pandemic influenza, and 83.8% for a radiological event, the majority of respondents did not know to whom they would report in such an event.Conclusions: Despite future physicians' willingness to respond, education and training in disaster medicine and public health preparedness offered in US medical schools is inadequate. Equipping medical students with knowledge, skills, direction, and linkages with volunteer organizations may help build a capable and sustainable auxiliary workforce. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3:210–216)

scholarly journals Global health and transfusion medicine: education and training in developing countries

Transfusion ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1893-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quentin Eichbaum ◽  
Hua Shan ◽  
Thelma T. Goncalez ◽  
A.J. Duits ◽  
Patricia Knox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Transfusion Medicine ◽  
And Training ◽  
Medicine Education

International Guidelines and Standards for Education and Training to Reduce the Consequences of Events that May Threaten the Health Status of a Community – A Report of an Open International WADEM Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 29-31 October 2004

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Archer ◽  
Geert Seynaeve
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
International Standards ◽  
International Meeting ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe continued professionalization of the humanitarian workforce requires sound underpinning by appropriate educational programs.The international disaster medicine and emergency health community requested the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) develop international standards and guidelines for the education and training for disaster medicine. The Working Group of the WADEM Education Committee prepared and circulated an Issues Paper to structure input on this significant international task. Subsequently, the Working Group facilitated an Open International Meeting convened in Brussels, Belgium, 2004. The “Issues Paper” also was used as a framework to structure this International Meeting, which utilized case studies selected to represent the scope of disaster medicine, and prepared a meeting consensus on a framework for disaster health and for related educational programs.The two-day Brussels meeting attracted 51 participants from 19 countries, representing 21 disciplines.Participants reinforced the need to address the development of international standards and guidelines on education and training in this emerging discipline.Participants supported the view that the term “Disaster Health” suggested a multidisciplinary approach that is a more inclusive contemporary and appropriate term to describe this field, although there were dissenting views.The meeting formulated a consensus view in support of a framework for “Disaster Health”, which included: (1) primary disciplines; (2) support disciplines; (3) community response, resilience, and communication; and (4) socio-political context. The participants considered that this model lends itself to facilitating the development of educational programs in this field and believed that standards and guidelines initially should be developed in the “Core of Disaster Health” for undergraduates in relevant professions, for practicing professionals wishing to expand their practice in this field, and in the “Breadth of Disaster Health” for those wishing to be recognized as “Disaster Health Specialists” as academics, professionals, or policy leaders in this field at a University multidisciplinary Masters Degree level. A community-level and higher-specialist doctoral level would follow.Although the view of the participants was that the establishment of international approval/endorsement processes for education programs may have some benefits, there was less comfort in identifying which body/agency should be charged with this responsibility. The WADEM, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the World Health Organization were identified as potential lead agents.The outcome of this international meeting is an important step toward meeting the challenge given the WADEM and will be developed further in consultation with the international disaster and emergency health community in order to improve education and training standards and professional practice.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document