Deltagare i projektet - Katastrofmedicinsk utbildning på gamla och nya läkarprogrammet — Participants in the project - Disaster medicine training on the old and new medical program, far left Sofia Olsson, Fabian Taube, Nils Rosario Högberg, Anders Jonsson, Anton Mittendorf and Yohan Robinson main supervisor.

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Disaster medicine in Swedish medical school curricula

Research project

Active research

Project size

200 tkr

Project period

2021 - ongoing

Project owner

Yohan Robinson

Research partners

Prof Luca Ragazzoni. CRIMEDIM, Università Piemonte Orientale, Novara Italien Prof. Johan von Schreeb, Centrum för hälsokriser, Karolinska Institutet, Stockh…

Financier

Socialstyrelsen, Sahlgrenska akademin

Area

Health and medicine

Topic

Disaster medicine Pedagogy Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

Short description

The purpose of this research project is to map the education Swedish medical students have received in disaster medicine in recent years, if there are differences between the universities, and if there are plans to expand or reduce the disaster medicine education in the new medical program.

Abstract

Background: Disaster medicine is a science dedicated to developing and evaluating methods to cope with situations where available resources are insufficient compared to immediate medical needs. In recent years, the subject has not been a mandatory part of Swedish medical school curricula. Since 2021, a new, six-year medical degree is being implemented in Sweden and it remains to be seen how disaster medicine will fit into the new curriculum.

Aim: Investigate to what extent Swedish medical students have been taught disaster medicine recently; which teaching methods are used; plans regarding disaster medicine within the new, six-year medical degree; and whether this differs between universities.