Abstract
BackgroundDisaster 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.MethodsA 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionThe need for continual disaster medicine training is high; health professionals should be equipped with knowledge and skills for disaster management.
Highlights
Disaster Medicine training is not included in medical education curriculum in China, even though the country has suffered various disasters annually
There were 16.4% (53/324) who has previously participated in disaster medical relief missions prior to the Wenchuan earthquake
Our finding demonstrates that the need of continual disaster medicine training is high; Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and other related institutions should organize continual medical education on public health training and disaster medicine training to improve the research on disaster medicine and public health emergency preparedness
Summary
There were 76 questionnaires that were not returned, so the final sample size was 324 included in the analysis (a response rate of 81%). High education system is different in China, for the medical students they got MD after 5 years high education, for a PhD diploma normally needs 5-6 years institutional research [9]. In response to a question about the favorite training style, more participants (51.9%) prefer informal training such as on-line training courses or providing training materials for the flexibility of time scheduling and travel through China. Based on logistic regression analysis, factor significantly associated with the need of continual DM training and sample characteristics was training style priority: formal training versus informal (OR 2.35.10; 95% CI 1.03-5.35; p < 0.05) (See Table 2)
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