TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Terrorist event training in US medical schools. A survey of chemical, biologic, radiologic, nuclear, and high-yield explosives training in US medical schools
JO  - Connecticut medicine
A1  - Feeney, James M.
A1  - Ziegler, Kristina
A1  - Armstrong, Jessica M.
A1  - Shapiro, David
SP  - 581
EP  - 585
VL  - 79
IS  - 10
N2  - UNLABELLED: September 11, 2001 saw the dawn of the US-led global war on terror, a combined diplomatic, military, social, and cultural war on terrorist activities. Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (CBRNE), as a group of tactics, are often the preferred weapons of terrorists across the globe. We undertook a survey of US medical schools to determine what their self-reported level of training for terrorist events encompasses during the four years of undergraduate medical education. <br><br>METHODS: We surveyed 170 medical schools in the US and Puerto Rico using a five-question, internet-based survey, followed by telephone calls to curriculum offices for initial nonresponders. We used simple descriptive statistics to analyze the data. <br><br>RESULTS: A majority of US medical schools that completed the survey (79 schools or 65.3%) have no required lecture or course on CBRNE or terrorist activities during the first or second year (preclinical years). Ninety-eight out of the 121 respondents (81.0%), however, believed that CBRNE training was either very important or somewhat important, as reflected in survey answers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Most physician educators believe that training in CBRNE is important; however this belief has not resulted in widespread acceptance of a CBRNE curriculum in US medical schools.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-6178
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -