Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine
Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine is a small medical specialty that operates within disaster areas whether they are natural or human caused disasters. Currently many healthcare professionals are involved in the
Ebola crisis of 2014. Conflict and Catastrophe medicine is a specialized form of humanitarian aid
.
History
Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine has for many years operated both informally and as the remit of the military or governmental peacekeeping organisations such as the
Society of Apothecaries and Royal Society of Medicine
formed a faculty and a forum respectively.
Organisations working within education of Conflict and Catastrophe
- Faculty of Conflict and Castastrophe medicine
- Royal Society of Medicine
Qualifications within Conflict and Catastrophe medicine
As it is a small specialty, there are few mainstream qualifications within conflict and catastrophe medicine however there are a number of training opportunities and a Postgraduate qualification offered by the
Society of Apothecaries called the Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes.[1]
Organisations working within Conflict and Catastrophe Environments
- RedR
- Medecins sans Frontieres
References
- ^ "Diploma in the medical care of catastrophes". DMCC examination. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
