Hirosaki University will set up a disaster / exposure medical education center on campus and will start lectures for students from 2023.The aim is to develop human resources who can deal with infectious disease patients and exposed injured people in the event of a disaster, and in the future, we intend to hold lectures for local high school students and working adults.
According to Hirosaki University, the activities of the Disaster and Radiation Emergency Medical Education Center
・ Construction and support of medical system in the event of a disaster
・ Involvement in various disaster prevention drills
・ Disaster medical education for medical students and medical professionals
・ Disaster prevention education for university students
-Such. In 2023, in addition to the faculty members of Hirosaki University, Hirosaki City, Hirosaki District Fire Service Association Fire Department, Aomori Local Meteorological Observatory, and Aomori Prefecture Disaster Prevention Association will dispatch lecturers to promote lectures that will lead to the acquisition of disaster prevention qualifications.
In Aomori Prefecture, not only electric power development and Tohoku Electric Power's nuclear power plants, but also many nuclear-related facilities such as uranium enrichment plants and spent nuclear fuel interim storage facilities are installed.Hirosaki University has been working on the development of the exposure medical system since 2008, and was designated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as the Nuclear Disaster Medical Care and Comprehensive Support Center and the Advanced Exposure Medical Support Center in 2015.
The establishment of the Disaster and Radiation Emergency Medical Education Center will further develop these activities, and will make full use of the human and intellectual resources and networks cultivated so far to support human resources who support radiation emergency medical care under various disasters. Cultivate.The human resources development project will be supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
