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Experiences from tsunami relief activity: implications for medical education

A tsunami struck the coast of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry on 26 December 2004. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, (JIPMER) in Pondicherry played a vital role in providing medical relief. The experiences from the relief activities revealed areas of deficiency in medi...

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Autores principales: Balasubramaniam, Sudharsanam Manni, Mohan, Yogesh, Roy, Gautam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Saskatchewan 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451183
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description A tsunami struck the coast of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry on 26 December 2004. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, (JIPMER) in Pondicherry played a vital role in providing medical relief. The experiences from the relief activities revealed areas of deficiency in medical education in regards to disaster preparedness. A qualitative study using focus group discussion was employed to find the lacunae in skills in managing medical relief measures. Many skills were identified; the most important of which was addressing the psychological impact of the tsunami on the victims. Limited coordination and leadership skills were also identified. It is recommended that activity-based learning can be included in the curriculum to improve these skills.
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spelling pubmed-45636272015-10-08 Experiences from tsunami relief activity: implications for medical education Balasubramaniam, Sudharsanam Manni Mohan, Yogesh Roy, Gautam Can Med Educ J Brief Report A tsunami struck the coast of Tamilnadu and Pondicherry on 26 December 2004. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, (JIPMER) in Pondicherry played a vital role in providing medical relief. The experiences from the relief activities revealed areas of deficiency in medical education in regards to disaster preparedness. A qualitative study using focus group discussion was employed to find the lacunae in skills in managing medical relief measures. Many skills were identified; the most important of which was addressing the psychological impact of the tsunami on the victims. Limited coordination and leadership skills were also identified. It is recommended that activity-based learning can be included in the curriculum to improve these skills. University of Saskatchewan 2012-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4563627/ /pubmed/26451183 Text en © 2012 Manni Balasubramaniam, Mohan, Roy; licensee Synergies Partners This is an Open Journal Systems article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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