Terror Medicine As Part of the Medical School Curriculum

Frontiers in Public Health

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Arthur eCooper¹  Katherine eWagner²  Brenda eNatal³  Sangeeta eLamba³  Leonard A Cole³  Nancy D Connell³  Cheryl Ann eKennedy³  Sandra eScott³ 

[1] Columbia University Medical Center at Harlem Hospital, New York;

[2] Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York;

[3] Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey;

关键词: Disaster Medicine;    Medical Education;    preparedness;    emergency planning;    terror medicine;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2014.00138

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Terror medicine, a field related to emergency and disaster medicine, focuses on medical issues ranging from preparedness to psychological manifestations specifically associated with terrorist attacks. Calls to teach aspects of the subject in American medical schools surged after the 2001 jetliner and anthrax attacks. Although the threat of terrorism persists, terror medicine is still addressed erratically if at all in most medical schools. This paper suggests a template for incorporating the subject throughout a 4-year medical curriculum. The instructional framework culminates in a short course for fourth year students, such as one recently introduced at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ. The proposed 4-year Rutgers curriculum serves as a model that could assist other medical schools contemplating the inclusion of terror medicine in pre-clerkship and clerkship training.

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