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

Yi-Da Tsai, Shih-Hung Tsai, Sy-Jou Chen, Yin-Chung Chen, Jen-Chun Wang, Chia-Ching Hsu, Ying-Hsin Chen, Tse-Chun Yang, Chih-Wei Li, Cheng-Yi Cheng

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Yi-Da TsaiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Shih-Hung TsaiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Sy-Jou ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Yin-Chung ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Jen-Chun WangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Chia-Ching HsuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital.
Ying-Hsin ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hualien Armed Forces General Hospital, Hualien.
Tse-Chun YangHealth Service Training Center.
Chih-Wei LiHealth Service Training Center.
Cheng-Yi ChengSchool of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

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 and designed a learning curriculum.A total of 230 medical students participated in the revised disaster preparedness curriculum. Satisfaction survey response rates were high (201/230, 87.4%). Most of the free-text comments on the program were highly appreciative. The students considered the number of teaching hours for the whole program to be adequate. The students showed significant improvements in knowledge and judgment regarding disaster medicine after the program.We found that medical students were highly interested, were appreciative of, and actively participated in this longitudinal integrated disaster and military medicine education program, but gaps existed between the students' scores and the educators' expectations. The educators believed that the students needed more disaster preparedness knowledge and skills.

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CurriculumDisaster MedicineEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansMilitary MedicinePilot ProjectsStudents, MedicalSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID32443354
PMCPMC7461121

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