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

Autor:	Jain N; Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia., Prasad S; Faculty of Medicine, National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine., Bordeniuc A; Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara 'Victor Babes', Piat¸a Eftimie Murgu 2, Romania., Tanasov A; Faculty of Medicine, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania., Cheuk CP; First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Nové Město, Czechia., Panag DS; Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia., S Wia Tek D; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland., Platos E; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland., Betka MM; Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland., Senica SO; Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia., Patel S; First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Nové Město, Czechia., Czárth ZC; Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kazinczy, Hungary., Jain S; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Ferozepur, Punjab, India., Reinis A; Department of Biology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of medical education and curricular development [J Med Educ Curric Dev] 2022 Apr 26; Vol. 9, pp. 23821205221096347. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 26 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1177/23821205221096347
Abstrakt:	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. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s) 2022.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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