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Disaster Education: A Survey Study to Analyze Disaster Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2017

Ritu R. Sarin ,
Srihari Cattamanchi Open the ORCID record for Srihari Cattamanchi [Opens in a new window] ,
Abdulrahman Alqahtani ,
Majed Aljohani ,
Mark Keim  and
Gregory R. Ciottone
Ritu R. Sarin*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA Beth Israel Deaconess Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Srihari Cattamanchi
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
Abdulrahman Alqahtani
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Majed Aljohani
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mark Keim
Affiliation:
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia USA
Gregory R. Ciottone
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts USA Beth Israel Deaconess Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA
*
Correspondence: Ritu R. Sarin, MD 36 Park Street Apartment 5 Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 USA E-mail: riturani@gmail.com; rsarin@bidmc.harvard.edu
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Abstract

Background

The increase in natural and man-made disasters occurring worldwide places Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians at the forefront of responding to these crises. Despite the growing interest in Disaster Medicine, it is unclear if resident training has been able to include these educational goals.

Hypothesis

This study surveys EM residencies in the United States to assess the level of education in Disaster Medicine, to identify competencies least and most addressed, and to highlight effective educational models already in place.

Methods

The authors distributed an online survey of multiple-choice and free-response questions to EM residency Program Directors in the United States between February 7 and September 24, 2014. Questions assessed residency background and details on specific Disaster Medicine competencies addressed during training.

Results

Out of 183 programs, 75 (41%) responded to the survey and completed all required questions. Almost all programs reported having some level of Disaster Medicine training in their residency. The most common Disaster Medicine educational competencies taught were patient triage and decontamination. The least commonly taught competencies were volunteer management, working with response teams, and special needs populations. The most commonly identified methods to teach Disaster Medicine were drills and lectures/seminars.

Conclusion

There are a variety of educational tools used to teach Disaster Medicine in EM residencies today, with a larger focus on the use of lectures and hospital drills. There is no indication of a uniform educational approach across all residencies. The results of this survey demonstrate an opportunity for the creation of a standardized model for resident education in Disaster Medicine.

Sarin RR , Cattamanchi S , Alqahtani A , Aljohani M , Keim M , Ciottone GR . Disaster Education: A Survey Study to Analyze Disaster Medicine Training in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(4):368–373.

Keywords

curriculumdisaster medicineeducation, medical, graduateEmergency Medicine/educationhumanssurveys and questionnairesUnited States
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , August 2017 , pp. 368 - 373
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2017 

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Footnotes

Conflicts of interest: none

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