Abstract

This study aims to investigate the awareness of medical students, who are educated in regions that have experienced significant destruction from disasters such as earthquakes, towards disasters, the roles they can assume during disaster situations, and their attitudes towards disaster medicine. This cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2023 and January 2024 at Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University Faculty of Medicine, involving medical students aged 18 years and older. A structured, 20-item questionnaire was administered to collect demographic information, previous disaster experiences, levels of disaster awareness, and attitudes toward disaster medicine. Descriptive statistics were used for data presentation, and the Chi-square test was applied for categorical comparisons. Statistical significance was set at p

Key words: Disaster medicine, natural disasters, disaster planning, medical education