Covid-19 and Ukrainian Crisis Exponentiates the Need for the Inclusion of Conflict and Disaster Medicine in Medical Curriculum

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Nityanand Jain¹  Sakshi Prasad²  Alina Bordeniuc³  Andrei Tanasov⁴  Chun Pong Cheuk⁵  Deepkanwar Singh Panag¹  Dorota S´wia˛tek⁶  Emilia Platos⁷  Marta Maria Betka⁶  Simone Oliver Senica¹  Shiv Patel⁵  Zsófia Csenge Czárth⁸  Shivani Jain⁹  Aigars Reinis^1,10 

[1] Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University;Faculty of Medicine, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University;Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara “Victor Babes”;Faculty of Medicine, ‘Carol Davila’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy;First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University;Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz;Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw;Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kazinczy;Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research;Department of Biology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University

关键词: conflict medicine;    crisis;    medical education;    Ukraine;    medicine;    disaster;   

DOI  :  10.1177/23821205221096347

学科分类：儿科学

来源: SAGEYA Publishing Company

【 摘 要 】

Conflict medicine is an age-old branch of medicine which focuses on delivering healthcare services to the injured in the setting of conflicts, wars, disasters, and/or other calamities. The course in its purest form has been traditionally given only in military medical schools while civilian medical students are usually taught parts of the course in other overlapping subjects like surgery, infectious diseases, etc. However, in a crisis situation, civilian doctors are expected to double up as military doctors, which leads to emotional, mental, and physical stress for the civilian doctors along with logistical and organizational challenges. The current Covid-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict have highlighted once again the emergent need for the implementation of conflict medicine courses in regular medical curricula, so as to make the medical students situation-ready. With our present discussion, we aim to provide a brief overview of the course, its core modules, challenges to its implementation, and possible solutions. We believe that the complex management skills gained by this course are not only useful in conflict scenario but are also valuable in managing day-to-day medical emergencies.

【 授权许可】

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