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A Course on Terror Medicine: Content and Evaluations
Leonard A Cole1, Brenda Natal1, Adam Fox2
11Department of Emergency Medicine,Rutgers New Jersey Medical School,Newark,New JerseyUSA.
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
|January 12, 2016
Summary
A new Terror Medicine elective course effectively trains medical students in disaster response. The course, incorporating simulations, received excellent student evaluations, proving feasible and successful for medical education.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Disaster Medicine
- Terror Medicine
Background:
- Medical school disaster response training is insufficient.
- A gap exists in preparing medical professionals for terror-related incidents.
- Terror Medicine education is crucial for comprehensive disaster preparedness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the design and implementation of a Terror Medicine elective for fourth-year medical students.
- To evaluate the feasibility and student reception of the novel curriculum.
- To provide a model for other institutions seeking to enhance disaster and terror medicine education.
Main Methods:
- A 2-week elective course was developed and implemented in 2014.
- Teaching modalities included lectures, videos, tabletop, and hands-on simulations.
- Course content covered biological/chemical terrorism, disaster management, injury mechanisms, and psychiatry.
Main Results:
- All students rated the course as "excellent" or "very good."
- Students found the content relevant, instruction effective, and simulations highly valuable.
- The course was perceived as novel and engaging by participants.
Conclusions:
- The Terror Medicine elective is a feasible and successful educational model.
- Student feedback indicates high satisfaction with the curriculum and teaching methods.
- This course can serve as a template for expanding terror medicine education in medical schools.