فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: India being a disaster-prone country necessitates us to be able to act proactivelyfor any sort of preparedness and prevention. This necessitates a curriculum which can bring all theaspects related to disaster under one umbrella and thus impart training.AIM: The aim of the study was to assess the responses of students about the importance of disastermanagement (DM) in their MBBS course, take up suggestions about the important inclusions to bemade in their curriculum, and get an insight of the higher education and research of DM domain inthe Indian context.METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study with a batch of 100 MBBS students purposively sampledwere part of the questionnaire. Besides, a thorough Internet search for institutes providing trainingon DM was done, and relevant details were noted down. Later on, the students were given guestlectures and demonstrations by certified trainers and experts along with a know-how of where to gofor getting a hands-on training and whom to respond to.RESULTS: Seventy-two percent of the students felt the portion of DM being taught to them to beinsufficient, and 95% never got any training or demonstration for DM although 22% felt that it isnot so important for them as a doctor. Only 23% of them knew about any sort of DM courses orcertifications in India, and almost 16% of the students were confident enough to tackle any incidenceof public health emergency.CONCLUSION: Making an earlier start will impart seriousness and accountability in the mindset ofbudding physicians.