Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study participants (N = 2,529).
Figure 1.
Comparison of the total score on average of disaster medicine knowledge test.
A. Health professionals and medical students: no significant difference (p = 0.661); B. Three groups of health professionals: total score on average of medical teachers was significantly higher than that of medical practitioners (p = 0.010) and health administrators (p = 0.001); C. Medical students of two majors: total score on average of public health students was significantly higher than clinical medicine students (p<0.001). D. Community residents of different educational levels: total score on average of those with high education background was significantly higher than those without (p<0.001).
Figure 2.
The rates of correctly answering the key questions concerning disaster medicine between different populations.
A. Health professionals vs. medical students: p<0.05 for Q3 ‘self-rescue measures in an earthquake’, Q4 ‘triage and treatment priority’, Q9 ‘concept of first aid ABC’, Q12 ‘tourniquet hemostasis’, and Q13 ‘skills of psychological assistance in post-disaster relief’; B. Health professionals vs. community residents: p<0.001 for q4 ‘Cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure’, q5 ‘Difference between remote and urban rescue’, q8 ‘Self-rescue measures in an earthquake’, q9 ‘Location of temporary toilets during disaster rescue’, q10 ‘Skills of psychological assistance in post-disaster relief’, and q11 ‘Epidemic prevention strategies after a disaster’ and p<0.05 for q6 ‘Fracture fixation and transport’ and q7 ‘Self-rescue measures in a high-rise fire’.
Table 2.
Number (%) of health professionals and medical students correctly answering the 16 questions in knowledge test section.
Table 3.
Number (%) of community residents correctly answering the 11 questions in knowledge test section.
Table 4.
Training needs of health professionals and medical students (number, %).
Table 5.
Training needs of community residents and their differences between the 2 educational level groups (number, %).
Figure 3.
Key contents concerning disaster medicine training prioritized by health professionals, medical students, and community residents.
Figure 4.
Interested contents concerning disaster medicine training prioritized by health professionals, medical students, and community residents.