Abstract

GUERRA CEPENA, Eulises; GELL LABANINO, Adia  and  PEREZ PEREZ, Arístides. Current status of medical training for facing chemical, biological and nuclear disasters. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.6, pp.902-907. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study was conducted in 200 sixth year-medical students from the Faculty 2 of Medical University in Santiago de Cuba during 2011-2012, with the purpose of determining some of deficiencies affecting their performance during chemical, biological or nuclear disasters, for which an unstructured survey and an observation guide were applied. In the series demotivation of some students regarding the topic, poor theoretical knowledge of the topic, the ignorance of ways to access information and the little use of this topic in college scientific events were evidenced, which also involved the little systematization of the content on disasters and affected the objectives of medical training with comprehensive profile.

Keywords : college students; undergraduate training; medical integration; medical training; performance during disasters.

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