Implementation of a radiation injury management curriculum for health‐care professionals in Taiwan

Aim Radiation‐related injury in the general population due to accidents or incidents is a rare but significant event that merits serious study and planning in the health‐care system. Therefore, we developed different levels of training courses targeting medical emergency response and treatment for radiation‐related injury in patients, for different health‐care professionals and medical students. Methods The curriculum, teaching instructions, and objectives were based on the working group consensus of first responders of radiation‐related injury. The working group included different specialists from hospitals, medical schools, and government radiation emergency response agencies. Results Several different course levels, including lectures, group discussions, case and scenario discussions, hands‐on practice, tabletop drills, and drills were included. The curriculums have shown that developing different levels of courses for medical students and health‐care professionals was feasible. Conclusion Through the cooperation of different specialties and different interactive courses, the training programs were able to meet the initial education goals for medical emergency and radiation‐related injury for medical students and health‐care professionals.
Different levels of education and training programs for radiation related injury patients with the cooperation from local healthcare facilities, fire department, regional response center, national authorities is feasible. Medical students, healthcare professionals, medical physicists and first responders were able to acquire the knowledge and have practice experiences on the management of radiation related injury.