Abstract:

Objective: To investigate and evaluate educational viability of disaster medicine course among undergraduate in Dali
university and provide theoretical evidence for the lecturer in the university. Methods：Undergraduates learned the course of disaster medicine in Dali University were surveyed by questionnaire. Results: There were 112,120 and 120 students in 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. About 98.9% of students believed that the course was worth learning and 31.2% of students considered that the course was very valuable. About 94.9% think that the textbook was good and 23.9% believed that the textbook was very good and informative. Among 176 students surveyed,71.6% felt that the lecturers were passionate at teach and with good educational effect,73.9% believed that the content of course were advanced and large, 54.5% of them found that they could exchange with the teachers inside and outside
of the class with various forms. Conclusion: The percentage of university students choose the course of disaster medicine increased from 2010 to 2012. The medical and no-medical students have realized the importance of disaster medical education. The course of disaster health and disaster medicine should be strengthened in the university in the future.

Key words: students, disaster medicine, course, cross sectional study