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Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community
On September 20 of 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a strong category 4 hurricane with destructive winds and flooding. Everyone suffered in the aftermath of the hurricane due to overwhelming destruction and lack of available resources. For medical students, these conditions were...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874149 |
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author | Colón-Flores, Luis G. Rosario-Cruz, Valeria Gonzalez-Soto, Michael J. Flores, Efren J. Rodriguez de Arzola, Olga |
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description | On September 20 of 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a strong category 4 hurricane with destructive winds and flooding. Everyone suffered in the aftermath of the hurricane due to overwhelming destruction and lack of available resources. For medical students, these conditions were intensified due to their duty as first responders, academic responsibilities from medical school, personal losses, and financial difficulties. Despite the hardships, these students learned lessons and found solutions to overcome their challenges. The objective of this article is to portray the situations that medical students confronted and offer suggestions on how medical students and academic institutions can prepare for future natural disasters. |
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spelling | pubmed-74483892020-08-31 Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community Colón-Flores, Luis G. Rosario-Cruz, Valeria Gonzalez-Soto, Michael J. Flores, Efren J. Rodriguez de Arzola, Olga Yale J Biol Med Perspectives On September 20 of 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico as a strong category 4 hurricane with destructive winds and flooding. Everyone suffered in the aftermath of the hurricane due to overwhelming destruction and lack of available resources. For medical students, these conditions were intensified due to their duty as first responders, academic responsibilities from medical school, personal losses, and financial difficulties. Despite the hardships, these students learned lessons and found solutions to overcome their challenges. The objective of this article is to portray the situations that medical students confronted and offer suggestions on how medical students and academic institutions can prepare for future natural disasters. YJBM 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7448389/ /pubmed/32874149 Text en Copyright ©2020, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Colón-Flores, Luis G. Rosario-Cruz, Valeria Gonzalez-Soto, Michael J. Flores, Efren J. Rodriguez de Arzola, Olga Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title | Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title_full | Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title_fullStr | Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title_short | Challenges and Lessons Learned After Hurricane Maria: Learning Points for the Medical Student Community |
title_sort | challenges and lessons learned after hurricane maria: learning points for the medical student community |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7448389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32874149 |
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