Pilot study of a longitudinal integrated disaster and military medicine education program for undergraduate medical students.

ABSTRACT: Disaster medicine education in medical curricula is scarce and frequently nonexistent. It is reasonable to initiate educational approaches for physicians in this field at the medical school level. An understanding of disaster medicine and the health care system during massive casualty incidents has been recommended as an integral part of the medical curriculum in the United States and Germany.The goal of the reformed curriculum was to develop a longitudinal integrated disaster and military medicine education program extending from the first year to the sixth year based on previously separated clinical and military medicine topics. Emergency medicine physicians, military emergency medical technicians, and Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructors formed an interprofessional faculty group an

SUBMITTER: Tsai YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7461121 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature