Table 1 The contents and schedule of the disaster medicine course
From: Evaluation of a new community-based curriculum in disaster medicine for undergraduates
Time | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 |
09:00—10.30 | - Course presentation - Student and faculty presentation - Pre-test | Lecture Hazard identification and risk assessment | Case study Discussion of Jeddah flood 2009 | Lecture Medical aspects of different disasters Lecture & GD Prehospital disaster management | ISEE Familiarization & hospital disaster preparation |
11:00—12:30 | Lecture Introduction to disaster management | Workshop Using available tools to assess risks to Jazan | Lecture & GD International humanitarian law Ethics in disasters | XVR Mass casualty triage | ISEE Prehospital and hospital disaster response |
13:30—15:00 | Lecture Differences between emergency and disaster medicine, and humanitarian health | Lecture, EL, GD Strategies for preventing and mitigating risks to self and to others | VISIT Novara University Hospital | Lecture & GD Command and control and the incident command system | ISEE -After action review -Debriefing of the first week |
15:30—17:00 | Video lecture The emergency medical systems used in Jazan | Lecture, SDE, GD General concepts of adult teaching | Visit Novara EMS dispatch center | XVR Disaster scene management | |
Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | |
09:00—10.30 | Video lectures - Impact & principle of community participation - Tools for community awareness & public education | Lectures & GD Top ten priorities & public health assessment during humanitarian emergencies | Lecture & RP Techniques to handle psychological reactions caused by disasters | Lecture Infectious diseases in emergencies | Lecture International coordination for disaster response |
11:00—12:30 | Lecture & 3 mock exercises Community education for environmental mitigation measures | Lectures & CS -Humanitarian standards in context: The Sphere Project -Community education for public health surveillance | Brainstorm Preparation of the pilot session for community education | Material preparation Group 1 simulation of a pilot session for community education | Presentation & feedback Discussion of the group pilot session |
13:30—15:00 | Lecture Community awareness: Role of volunteers Brainstorm Preparation of the pilot session for community education | Video lecture The role of Ministry of Health & Red Crescent during population displacement in Jazan | Trip Lake Lago Maggiore | Material preparation Group 2 simulation of a pilot session for community education | -Post-test -Debriefing & farewell |
15:30—17:00 | Visit Advanced medical post | Material preparation Group 3 as above |