AUTHOR=Della Corte Francesco , Hubloue Ives , Ripoll Gallardo Alba , Ragazzoni Luca , Ingrassia Pier Luigi , Debacker Michel 

TITLE=The European Masters Degree in Disaster Medicine (EMDM): A Decade of Exposure

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 2 - 2014

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00049

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2014.00049

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Disaster medicine education has become extremely important, following the increase in mass casualty incidents, acts of terrorism and complex humanitarian emergencies. Recent studies have reported that health care professionals do not feel sufficiently knowledgeable in this area. The European Master in Disaster Medicine (EMDM) is a II level master organized by the University of Eastern Piedmont (Novara, Italy) and the Free University of Brussels (Belgium). Up to know, the EMDM has trained more than 400 students from all over the world, providing them with the appropriate competencies to coordinate medical response during crisis situations. This article provides a general overview of the Master’s framework and reports its influence on graduates' professional career.