Anatolian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Yazarlar: Evren ARSLAN, Mustafa Burak SAYHAN, Ömer SALT

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Medical school student,Disaster medicine,Education

Özet: Aim Disasters are important events affecting societies with their social and economic impacts as well as their impact of health. In this study, we aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of medical school students about disaster medicine. Material and Methods This study was conducted with 858 participants between May 10, 2016 and June 25, 2016, using a face-to-face survey. Results 44.6% of the participants were male and the average age of all participants was 21.57 ± 1.98 years. 41.5% of respondents answered the question correctly about disaster definition. 72.6% of respondents indicated that they did not receive any disaster training in advance. 91.8% of the participants wanted this education to be given by the emergency medicine branch. While 51.2% of the respondents indicated that they did not participate in any disaster exercise, 79.4% (n = 676) stated that they wanted to work voluntarily in case of disaster. In developing disaster types, a large majority of participants express their personal predicted levels of information and intervention as inadequate. Conclusion Effective, comprehensive, evidence-based disaster medicine education; will contribute to the training of more qualified physicians in terms of both knowledge and practical applications that can take place after the disaster.

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