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Medical schools in times of war: Integrating conflict medicine in medical education

Amid the rise in conflict and war and their ensuing repercussions, traumatic injuries, psychological distress, and communicable diseases spread widely. Today, health-care providers in the Middle East are faced with new and unfamiliar cases resulting from the use of new and advanced types of weapons....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fares, Jawad, Fares, Mohamad Y., Fares, Youssef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6969372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31966924
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_538_2019
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Sumario:Amid the rise in conflict and war and their ensuing repercussions, traumatic injuries, psychological distress, and communicable diseases spread widely. Today, health-care providers in the Middle East are faced with new and unfamiliar cases resulting from the use of new and advanced types of weapons. In addition, there has not been enough emphasis on hands-on experiences in medical school, which can be imperative in times of war. Lack of academia is another inadequacy that limits the transmission of knowledge onto the newer generations. Here, we will shed light on the inadequacies in medical curricula in the Middle East when it comes to addressing patients of war. We also call for action to advance medical education in war-ridden areas by incorporating “conflict medicine” as an integral module in medical curricula.