Education and Training in Disaster Medicine

Minhong Choa; Hyunggoo Kang

doi:10.7599/hmr.2015.35.3.174

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Choa and Kang: Education and Training in Disaster Medicine

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Hanyang Medical Reviews 2015; 35(3): 174-179.

Published online: 20 August 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7599/hmr.2015.35.3.174

Education and Training in Disaster Medicine

Minhong Choa¹, Hyunggoo Kang²

¹Center for Disaster Relief Training and Research, Institute for Disaster Relief and Medical Safety Net, Yonsei University College of Medicine Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Emergency Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence to: Hyunggoo Kang. Department of Emergency Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2290-8999, Fax: +82-2-2290-9280, emer0905@gmail.com

Received 15 June 2015 Revised 30 June 2015 Accepted 6 July 2015

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Education and training of disaster medicine are the most important part of disaster management. There are so many training and education curriculum all over the world. However education courses based upon core competencies of disaster medicine are lacking. There is still a need to define the specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes that must be mastered by specialized professionals. Standardized core competencies for acute care medical personnel such as emergency department nurses, emergency physicians, and out-of-hospital emergency medical services personnel are needed to ensure that effective emergency medical response can be provided efficiently during all types of disasters. Therefore education and training curriculum of other countries were reviewed in this article.

Keywords: Mental Competency, Disasters, Education

Figures and Tables

Table 1

All-Hazard Disaster Core Competencies for Acute Care Medical Professionals

Table 2

Curriculum of National disaster life support (NDLS) courses

CDLS, Core disaster life support; BDLS, Basic disaster life support; ADLS, Advanced disaster life support.

Table 3

Curriculum of the Japanese Disaster Medical Assistance Team training and education

DMAT, Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

Table 4

Curriculum of the Major Incident, Medical Management and Support (MIMMS)

controlMIMMS, Major Incident, Medical Management and Support.

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