@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes of medical students toward volunteering in emergency situations",
journal="Disaster medicine and public health preparedness",
year="2019",
author="Gouda, Pishoy and Kirk, Aoife and Sweeney, Anne-Marie and O'Donovan, Diarmuid",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: With the rising incidence of health care emergencies, there has been a considerable burden placed on health care systems worldwide. We aimed to determine the willingness and capacity of medical students in Ireland to volunteer during health care emergencies. <br><br>METHODS: An online, cross-sectional survey of medical students at the National University of Ireland was conducted in 2015. <br><br>RESULTS: Respondents totaling 274 completed the survey (response rate - 30.1%). Of participants, 69.0% were willing to volunteer in the event of a natural disaster and 59.1% in an event of an infectious epidemic, with altruism being the strongest motivational factor. Only a minority of students (23.7%) felt their current skill level would be useful in an emergency setting. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Medical students express a strong interest in actively participating during health care emergencies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1935-7893",
doi="10.1017/dmp.2019.81",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.81"
}