Medical students as disaster volunteers: A strategy for improving emergency department surge response in times of crisis.
Disaster medicine
Disaster response
Medical education
Medical students
Volunteers
Journal
World journal of critical care medicine
ISSN: 2220-3141
Titre abrégé: World J Crit Care Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101622182
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Sep 2021
09 Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
16
03
2021
revised:
25
05
2021
accepted:
19
08
2021
entrez:
7
10
2021
pubmed:
8
10
2021
medline:
8
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Disasters resulting in mass casualty incidents can rapidly overwhelm the Emergency Department (ED). To address critical manpower needs in the ED's disaster response, medical student involvement has been advocated. Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School is in proximity to Singapore General Hospital and represents an untapped manpower resource. With appropriate training and integration into ED disaster workflows, medical students can be leveraged upon as qualified manpower. This review provides a snapshot of the conceptualization and setting up of the Disaster Volunteer Corps - a programme where medical students were recruited to receive regular training and assessment from emergency physicians on disaster response principles to fulfil specific roles during a crisis, while working as part of a team under supervision. We discuss overall strategy and benefits to stakeholders, emphasizing the close symbiotic relationship between academia and healthcare services.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34616653
doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i5.163
pmc: PMC8462026
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
163-169Informations de copyright
©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
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