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A Crisis is an Opportunity for Human Resource Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

Jiro Shimada
Affiliation:
Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Indonesia
Takahiro Hakozaki
Affiliation:
Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Indonesia
Mitsuru Waragai
Affiliation:
Minamitohok Hospital, Koriyama, Indonesia
Yoshitaka Kohayagawa
Affiliation:
Fukushima Reconstruction Support Office, Fukushima, Indonesia
Takehiro KKobari
Affiliation:
Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Indonesia
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Abstract

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Introduction:

The COVID-19 pandemic also raged in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Moreover, it forced a response to the medical crisis just as much as the disaster. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster response system development progressed in Fukushima Prefecture. The relationship between the DMAT and the Prefectural Medical Health and Welfare Department was becoming more assertive.

Method:

However, as the disaster response members became fixed, there was an urgent need to develop new young human resources.

Results:

Meanwhile, flood damage caused by Typhoon No. 24 occurred in September 2018. It was the first time since the Great East Japan Earthquake that a disaster countermeasures headquarters was set up within the prefectural office. In that response, we discovered young talents. Furthermore, they nurtured in response to the medical crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusion:

In recent years, the main elements of disaster response required support for continuing medical care and securing public health. Unfortunately, however, these things are insufficient both as medical education and as postgraduate education. Therefore, few human resources are interested in disaster medicine and taking action. In addition, it is also a fact that, like surgical operations, if disasters are not responded to, they will not come to fruition. The response to this pandemic is genuinely an opportunity for human resource development. Taking advantage of this crisis to develop new human resources can be a blessing.

Type
Poster Presentations
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine