Time to include pandemic preparedness training to healthcare curriculum

Omar, Usama Farghaly; Kharlukhi, Jacquilyne; Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar

doi:10.1080/10872981.2020.1820229

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“…The lack of available literature meeting the inclusion criteria suggests the lack of pandemic preparedness training in medical curricula and the need to include it moving forward. 9 , 28 , 29 …”

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“…Still, they must be sufficiently prepared for all aspects of a pandemic, including ethical issues. 29 As seen through the COVID-19 pandemic, medical students are willing to volunteer as additional support. Still, they must be adequately trained to deal with the ethical issues they will face.…”

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“…Still, they must be adequately trained to deal with the ethical issues they will face. 29 Not only does there need to be a more explicit emphasis on resource allocation in medical ethics curricula in medical schools, but also medical students need to be trained in the unique confidentiality and privacy concerns that arise during a pandemic. 47 These particular confidentiality and privacy concerns include protecting a patient's privacy during contact tracing, ensuring adequate data protection, and ensuring confidentiality while communicating with the patient and their family.…”

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Medical School Curriculum Relating to Clinical Ethical Decision Making During a Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Ali,

Abodunrin,

Al Khayyat

et al. 2024

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for medical students to be prepared to make adequate decisions during unique challenges presented during pandemics. Objective This review aims to provide a comprehensive look into the current global literature that discusses medical curricula on clinical ethical issues during a pandemic. Methods The scoping review methodology was divided into three stages. Phase 1, planning, involved identifying key terms, selecting databases, creating a search criterion, and deciding on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Phase 2, study selection and data extraction, included screening the title and abstract, reviewing the complete text, and extracting data. Phase 3, analysis and write-up, comprised analyzing the extracted information and composing the review. Results 10 studies were included and underwent data extraction as part of the review. The studies varied by country, study design, institution, education setting, and course titles. Ethical issues identified while reviewing the curriculums were resource allocation, healthcare worker obligations, personal protective equipment, disease control, communication, management protocols, and patient care. Conclusion This review revealed a lack of literature regarding the curriculum for medical students on ethical issues during a pandemic. This indicates a need for reform in medical education to cover pandemic preparedness and ethical concerns during a pandemic. If medical schools do not address this gap, future physicians may encounter the same issues healthcare workers faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Medical School Curriculum Relating to Clinical Ethical Decision Making During a Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Ali,

Abodunrin,

Al Khayyat

et al. 2024

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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“…[1][2][3] The training imparted to medical students during their medical education is expected to enhance their competence and deal with the potential challenges that every pandemic places on human mankind. 4 Medical education and pandemic preparedness Medical education is expected to influence our pandemic preparedness in a multiple number of ways and it becomes our responsibility to expose medical students to different aspects during their training period in an incremental manner. 4 To begin with, medical education exposes students to the basics of microbiology, epidemiology, and infection prevention and control measures, which enables them to have a better understanding of different infectious diseases.…”

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“…4 Medical education and pandemic preparedness Medical education is expected to influence our pandemic preparedness in a multiple number of ways and it becomes our responsibility to expose medical students to different aspects during their training period in an incremental manner. 4 To begin with, medical education exposes students to the basics of microbiology, epidemiology, and infection prevention and control measures, which enables them to have a better understanding of different infectious diseases. 4,5 Students realize the significance of public health measures in promoting early detection and rapid containment of the spread of infectious diseases within the affected population and across borders.…”

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Role of Medical Education in Pandemic Preparedness

Shrivastava,

Joshi

2024

Natl J Community Med

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Every pandemic that has been reported to date has impacted different domains of human life and civilization. The training imparted to medical students during their medical education is expected to enhance their competence and deal with the potential challenges that every pandemic places on human mankind. Medical education is expected to influence our pandemic preparedness in a multiple number of ways and it becomes our responsibility to expose medical students to different aspects during their training period in an incremental manner. Considering the wide extent to which pandemics can account for the loss of lives, human suffering, impairment of different sectors, and the potential that medical education can bridge the existing gap, there is an immense need to integrate topics pertaining to the pandemic and their preparedness in the medical curriculum. In conclusion, there is an immense need to ensure pandemic preparedness in medical education to produce resilient and adaptable health professionals. The need of the hour is to adopt a curriculum that has components of pandemic-related topics in a structured and systematic manner. This calls for the need to adopt a flexible curriculum and expose students to a structured training program, and effective communication skills.

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Preparedness of ICU networks for pandemics

Florio

Zanella

Artigas

2020

Current Opinion in Critical Care

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Purpose of review The recent COVID-19 outbreak has clearly shown how epidemics/pandemics can challenge developed countries’ healthcare systems. Proper management of equipment and human resources is critical to provide adequate medical care to all patients admitted to the hospital and the ICU for both pandemic-related and unrelated reasons. Recent findings Appropriate separate paths for infected and noninfected patients and prompt isolation of infected critical patients in dedicated ICUs play a pivotal role in limiting the contagions and optimizing resources during pandemics. The key to handle these challenging events is to learn from past experiences and to be prepared for future occurrences. Hospital space should be redesigned to quickly increase medical and critical care capacity, and healthcare workers (critical and noncritical) should be trained in advance. Summary A targeted improvement of hospital and ICU protocols will increase medical care quality for patients admitted to the hospital for any clinical reasons during a pandemic.

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Time to include pandemic preparedness training to healthcare curriculum

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Medical School Curriculum Relating to Clinical Ethical Decision Making During a Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Medical School Curriculum Relating to Clinical Ethical Decision Making During a Pandemic: A Scoping Review

Role of Medical Education in Pandemic Preparedness

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