TY - JOUR
T1 - Covid-19 and Ukrainian Crisis Exponentiates the Need for the Inclusion of Conflict and Disaster Medicine in Medical Curriculum
AU - Jain, Nityanand
AU - Prasad, Sakshi
AU - Bordeniuc, Alina
AU - Tanasov, Andrei
AU - Cheuk, Chun Pong
AU - Panag, Deepkanwar Singh
AU - S Wia Tek, Dorota
AU - Platos, Emilia
AU - Betka, Marta Maria
AU - Senica, Simone Oliver
AU - Patel, Shiv
AU - Czárth, Zsófia Csenge
AU - Jain, Shivani
AU - Reinis, Aigars
N1 - © The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Ukraine
KW - conflict medicine
KW - crisis
KW - disaster
KW - medical education
KW - medicine
UR - https://www-webofscience-com.db.rsu.lv/wos/woscc/summary/372fb4cc-42af-41e4-87d4-897871febb09-55e26f44/relevance/1
U2 - 10.1177/23821205221096347
DO - 10.1177/23821205221096347
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 35493964
SN - 2382-1205
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Journal of medical education and curricular development
JF - Journal of medical education and curricular development
M1 - 23821205221096347
ER -