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Lessons from and perspectives for healthcare student volunteer activities after the Fukushima disaster
- Source :
- Radioprotection. 55:271-276
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- EDP Sciences, 2020.
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Abstract
- Healthcare students are key resources after nuclear disasters. Healthcare students at Fukushima Medical University volunteered after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident. At the time of the disaster, healthcare students, who were in a position between medical and non-medical people, listened to the various concerns and worries of victims. Specifically, they established the Fukushima WILL – a disaster medical club. These activities have continued for about 10 years after the Fukushima disaster. In this paper, we introduce lessons from and perspectives for healthcare student volunteer activities during disasters. When volunteering, healthcare students needed to acquire sufficient medical knowledge and skills as well as display effective communication skills considering the background of the affected people. In addition, to respond to potential future disasters, healthcare students need to proactively, independently, and repeatedly learn about diseases that are likely to occur in shelters and how to prevent them. Seminars and workshops should be implemented to ensure students are taught these lessons and provided daily training on disaster response.
- Subjects :
- Medical knowledge
Medical education
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
education
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Disaster response
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Political science
Health care
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
Risk communication
030212 general & internal medicine
Club
Communication skills
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
business
Waste Management and Disposal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1769700X and 00338451
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Radioprotection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........178b3d481c242cdc64bdc13b72e12a8e
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2020082