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Disaster Training Needs and Expectations Among Turkish Emergency Medicine Physicians – A National Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2019

Erkan Gunay ,
Murat Ersel ,
Justin A. Yax ,
Johnathan M. Sheele ,
Gunnur Karakurt ,
Kerim Acar  and
Scott H. Frank
Erkan Gunay
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal T&R Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Murat Ersel
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Justin A. Yax
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Johnathan M. Sheele*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Gunnur Karakurt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Kerim Acar
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Menemen State Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Scott H. Frank
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics MPH Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Johnathan Michael Sheele, M.D., M.P.H., M.H.S., Assistant Professor, Director of Research, Associate Fellowship Director, Division of International Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center & Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Ave., B-517K, Cleveland, OH 44106. 216-844-3733 (e-mail: jsheele@gmail.com)
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Abstract

Objectives:

Earthquakes, landslides, and floods are the most frequent natural disasters in Turkey. The country has also recently experienced an increased number of terrorist attacks. The purpose of this study is to understand the expectations and training of Turkish emergency medicine attending physicians in disaster medicine.

Methods:

An online questionnaire was administered to the 937 members of the Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey, of which 191 completed the survey (20%).

Results:

Most participants (68%) worked at a Training and Research Hospital (TRH) or a University Hospital (UH), and 69% had practiced as an attending for 5 years or less. Mass immigration, refugee problems, and war/terror attacks were considered to be the highest perceived risk topics. Most (95%) agreed that disaster medicine trainings should occur during residency training. Regular disaster drills and exercises and weekly or monthly trainings were the most preferred educational modalities. Most respondents (85%) were interested in advanced training in disaster medicine, and this was highest for those working less than 5 years as an attending. UH and TRH residency training programs were not considered in themselves to be sufficient for learning disaster medicine.

Conclusions:

Turkish emergency medicine residency training should include more disaster medicine education and training.

Keywords

Turkeyemergency medicineemergency preparednessresidency trainingdisaster medicine
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 229 - 235
Copyright
© 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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