Table 1.

Standard core modules in conflict and disaster medicine course (adopted from Faculty of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, England, UK).

No.	Module	Module Description
1.	Epidemiology of disasters & societies affected by conflict	Defining the situation and gathering information. Answering who, what, when, where, why, and how. Gathering data, surveillance, safety risk analysis, and plan of action.
2.	Priorities for intervention in disasters	Setting priorities, WASH (Water, sanitation, and hygiene) requirements, provision of shelter, food, water, clothes, evacuations, logistical modalities.
3.	Recognition, prevention, treatment, and control of communicable diseases and epidemics.	Disease identification, control spread, morbidity, mortality, causes, reporting for surveillance, natural history or history of conflict, treatment possibilities, vaccinations, prophylaxis.
4.	Clinical knowledge	The specialised clinical knowledge which gives the aid worker the ability to deal with the health problems likely to be encountered in the disaster environment. Pre-hospital triage, trauma, surgery, resuscitation principles.
5.	Disaster and conflict environment	Non-medical concepts and subjects important for the understanding and management of catastrophes. Coordination with international stakeholders (Red Cross, UN, WHO, ECDC etc). Humanitarianism, gender neutrality, ethics and codes.
6.	Management and protection of teams and team members	The core knowledge and understanding required to ensure the safe, efficient, and effective operation of individuals and groups attending a disaster or supporting a society affected by conflict.