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10.1177/23821205221096347
Title: | Covid-19 and Ukrainian Crisis Exponentiates the Need for the Inclusion of Conflict and Disaster Medicine in Medical Curriculum |
Authors: | Jain, Nityanand Prasad, Sakshi Bordeniuc, Alina Tanasov, Andrei Cheuk, Chun Pong Panag, Deepkanwar Singh S Wia Tek, Dorota Platos, Emilia Betka, Marta Maria Senica, Simone Oliver Patel, Shiv Czárth, Zsófia Csenge Jain, Shivani Reinis, Aigars Rīga Stradiņš University Department of Biology and Microbiology |
Keywords: | Ukraine;conflict medicine;crisis;disaster;medical education;medicine;3.3 Health sciences;5.3 Educational sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
Issue Date: | Apr-2022 |
Citation: | Jain , N , Prasad , S , Bordeniuc , A , Tanasov , A , Cheuk , C P , Panag , D S , S Wia Tek , D , Platos , E , Betka , M M , Senica , S O , Patel , S , Czárth , Z C , Jain , S & Reinis , A 2022 , ' 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 , vol. 9 , 23821205221096347 , pp. 1-3 . https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205221096347 |
Abstract: | 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. |
Description: | © The Author(s) 2022. |
DOI: | 10.1177/23821205221096347 |
ISSN: | 2382-1205 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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