In our country or anywhere in the world, we frequently come across news about extraordinary situations or disasters that threaten social life and individual existence. The increase in human population, changing environmental conditions and omissions increase the frequency and severity of these situations. Many non-governmental organizations work together with public institutions in eliminating the victimization and this process is also supported by individual initiatives. However, the lack of coordination between these structures and the unplanned and uninformed interventions that often accompany this make it difficult to intervene in the process correctly. These not only affect the process negatively, but also lead to an increase in injuries and fatalities. Managing natural disasters and other extraordinary situations requires a complex management of people. The realization of this necessity has led to the need to train health personnel who can carry out interventions based on scientific foundations in disaster management. Important initiatives have been taken in many countries to establish a health disaster management system that evaluates the disaster in different aspects and plans to minimize the loss of life and property. Significant initiatives are also being taken in this field in our country.
After the recent disasters in our country, the negativities experienced frequently come to the public agenda and the areas that need to be improved become visible. One of these problems is the disorganization in emergency aid services and the lack of adequate health disaster management system. The resulting unfavorable situations also threaten national resources and security infrastructure. To alleviate the medical problems and other extraordinary situations arising after disasters qualified medical specialists are needed.
Bezmialem Vakıf University Institute of Health Sciences Disaster Medicine Doctorate Program carries out its activities in order to support these initiatives and to train high-level experts in this field.
In order to achieve this goal, the well-established and strong academic and health service delivery infrastructure of Bezmialem Vakıf University is utilized. Our experts who graduated from the Disaster Medicine Doctorate Program are working in different institutions and organizations in our country in their fields of specialization.
The training program includes content on disaster and war surgery, health intervention problems in disaster situations, disaster medicine practices, reporting, planning and organization, health personnel management in emergency aid and field hospital practices, recording and information transfer systems, performance evaluations and competencies.
The training program is organized to develop skills and abilities in the following areas:
- To ensure that rescue, first aid, emergency aid and health services management and restructuring activities required for individuals to leave with minimum damage and losses in disaster situations are carried out in the fastest, most efficient and effective manner.
- To reach the maximum number of victims and save lives, as well as prevent chronic disabilities and diseases and ensure that they regain their health as soon as possible.
- To minimize the health and welfare losses that may be caused by the disaster.
- To manage the phases of preparedness, medical search and rescue, first aid and emergency response, recovery and reconstruction in disaster situations.
- To prepare and develop plans related to health disaster management at academic level.
- To obtain scientific data in the field of disaster medicine and analyze data.
- To make effective evaluation and reporting.
