need for continual education about disaster medicine for health professionals in china-a pilot study需要持续的教育对灾难医学卫生专业人员在中国试点研究.pdfVIP

Huang et al. BMC Public Health 2011, 11:89 /1471-2458/11/89 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Need for continual education about disaster medicine for health professionals in China-a pilot study 1† 2† 1 3* 4 5 Bo Huang , Jing Li , Yunkai Li , Weidong Zhang , Futang Pan , Shujun Miao Abstract Background: Disaster Medicine training is not included in medical education curriculum in China, even though the country has suffered various disasters annually. We intended to assess the need for continual education regarding disaster management for health professionals in China. Methods: A survey was conducted among 324 health professionals who participated in the response to the Wenchuan earthquake medical relief and public health assessment in October, 2008. Results: The most of participants (67.3%) received informal disaster medicine training, and only a few (12.7%) participated in disaster drills. Most of the participants wanted to get continual education about disaster medicine training (89.8%), but prefer on-line training course for the flexibility of time scheduling and travel through China. Conclusion: The need for continual disaster medicine training is high; health professionals should be equipped with knowledge and skills for disaster management. Background the SARS epidemic in 2003 and Wenchuan Earthquake China is one of the countries most affected by natural in 2008, public health emergency and disaster medicine disasters; it is an important restricting factor for eco- training have received increasing attention [10-12]. nomic and social development [1-3]. The deadliest nat- In this study we intended to assess the