Certificate Course in Disaster Medicine

Overview

Course Duration is 6 months, but can be completed in one year. This certificate course will have a flexible credit based structure, which allows the best training and learning where the student can learn at his own pace and can learn what (s)he perceives that would help him/her in his future professional career.

This is a 15-credit 6-month course for any persons with a Health Science degree.

The objectives of this course are:

• Train health care personnel to respond in a professional manner to the disasters in India.
• Develop a knowledge base and skills to tackle Public Health aspects all phases of the disaster cycle,.
• Participation in medical aspects of state and national disaster preparedness planning processes and programs.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the Indian Preparedness and Response approach.
• Create leaders for community based disaster medical preparedness and first response.
• Training the trainers in Disaster health research and teaching skills.

The goal of this course is to build capacity for a cadre of healthcare personnel who are trained and certified to respond promptly and appropriately, in situations of disaster and humanitarian conflict in India.

Eligibility

Any person with a Health Science degree is a suitable candidate for this course. Since it is a nation capacity building initiative, every enrolled candidate will be evaluated for their potential to become a trainer.