Anti-seismic education with medical students through a community project

• Main Authors: Daniel Sebastián García Torres, Rosandra Díaz Suárez, Mirelna Mendoza Ruiz, Yania Aguilera Yumber
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: ECIMED 2021-01-01
• Series: Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
• Subjects: sismos; prevención; vulnerabilidad; desastres; estudiante de medicina; proyecto comunitario.
• Online Access: http://www.revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/647

Prevention of earthquake disasters is a problem in certain vulnerable regions of Cuba, and a priority in the training of medical students. In this work, the authors' opinions are based on the influence that a community project has, to act in seismic situations, in the preparation of medical students, since it favours a higher professional quality and contributes to enriching their preventive work with population. As part of the process, 46 fourth-year students from the Faculty of Medicine No. 1, Santiago de Cuba, participated in the period from September 2016 to February 2018.