Office for Disease Control and Emergency Response, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China.
BMC Public Health. 2011 Feb 9;11:89. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-89.
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.
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.
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.
The need for continual disaster medicine training is high; health professionals should be equipped with knowledge and skills for disaster management.
尽管中国每年都会遭受各种灾害,但灾难医学培训并未纳入医学教育课程。我们旨在评估中国卫生专业人员持续进行灾难管理教育的需求。
我们对 324 名参与 2008 年 10 月汶川地震医疗救援和公共卫生评估的卫生专业人员进行了调查。
大多数参与者(67.3%)接受了非正规灾难医学培训,只有少数(12.7%)参加了灾难演习。大多数参与者希望获得灾难医学培训的继续教育(89.8%),但更喜欢在线培训课程,因为其时间安排和在中国各地的旅行更灵活。
对灾难医学持续培训的需求很高;卫生专业人员应具备灾难管理方面的知识和技能。