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Disaster Preparedness Training for Emergency Medicine Residents Using a Tabletop Exercise.
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- Preparing medical first responders for crises: a systematic literature review of disaster training programs and their effectiveness.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Disaster preparedness knowledge and experiences among nurses during a competitive tabletop exercise program.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Disaster Preparedness Among Physicians in Underdeveloped Regions of Southwestern China: A Cross-Sectional Study of Disaster Response Competencies, Training Needs, and Policy Implications.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- Teaching mass casualty incident management to senior medical students by three-dimensional tabletop exercise without lecture.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- The development of disaster preparedness education for public: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Enhancing Disaster Preparedness Through Tabletop Disaster Exercises: A Scoping Review of Benefits for Health Workers and Students.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Review
- Climate Change Curricula in US Graduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review.Journal of graduate medical education · 2024Article
- Preparing clinicians for practice: effectiveness and design of on-call simulation.BMC medical education · 2024Review
- Training nurses in an international emergency medical team using a serious role-playing game: a retrospective comparative analysis.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Examining the effectiveness of a training program on improving knowledge, functional skills, and attitude in natural disaster volunteers.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Disaster day: a simulation-based competition for educating emergency medicine residents and medical students on disaster medicine.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
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- Tutorless board game as an alternative to tabletop exercise for disaster response training: perception of interaction engagement and behavioral intention.BMC medical education · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Emergency medicine (EM) physicians serve at the frontline of disasters in our communities. The 2016 Model of Clinical Practice according to the American Board of EM identifies disaster management as an integral task of EM physicians. We described a low-cost and feasible tabletop exercise to implement such training for EM residents. Methods: The exercise took place during 2 hours of resident didactic time. A lecture introduced the incident command system (ICS) and triage concepts, followed by a tabletop scenario with a map of a disaster scene or emergency department. Facilitators presented situational prompts of tasks for residents to address during the exercise. These exposed residents to challenges in disaster scenarios, such as surge and limited resources. The exercise concluded with a debrief and short lecture reviewing scenario-specific topics and challenges. Residents completed an online pre- and postexercise assessment, evaluating knowledge and perceptions of disaster scenario management. Results: Eighteen residents participated in this exercise. The response rates to the pre- and postsurvey were 76% and 72% respectively. Using a Mann Whitney U test, no statistically significant difference was demonstrated on the medical knowledge component of the survey. There was, however, a statistically significant increase in perceived confidence of the residents' ability to manage disaster incidents. Discussion: We developed a simple exercise that is an easily adaptable and practical option for introduction to disaster preparedness training. These concepts are difficult to teach and assess among learners, however it remains an important component of education for EM physicians-in-training.
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