At the same time, established organizational processes had to be adapted on a large scale in a period of short time, including the reduction of elective surgical procedures and the release of staff for other tasks. Physicians had to deal with mass casualties of critically ill patients and even had to apply the principles of triage, which had immediate consequences for patients' lives. Many health care systems and their personnel worldwide were only partially prepared for such an event, which also required supraregional strategies from the field of disaster and deployment medicine (DDM). In 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic (COVID-19) severely tested the global medical infrastructure. Experiences with digital forms of teaching should also be used after the COVID-19 pandemic to create digitally supported blended learning concepts in the field of deployment and disaster medicine and thus further promote the expansion of teaching in this important medical field. The curricular elective module was consistently evaluated positively by the students, and the adaptation to online teaching was well accepted. The high level of satisfaction and knowledge gained during the module did not change even under a digital redesign of the content offered. COVID-19 adaptations included online seminars using Microsoft Teams or Zoom, the interactive live-streaming of practical training components, and digital simulation games. There was also no significant difference between the two cohorts in terms of knowledge gain, which was always significant ( p < 0.05). There was a high level of satisfaction with the module across all semesters, with no significant differences between the groups. ResultsĪ total of 189 students participated in the module from the summer semester of 2016 through the summer semester of 2021 (pre-COVID-19: n = 138 mid-COVID-19: n = 51). These data were statistically compared across years, and new forms of teaching under COVID-19 conditions were examined in more detail. Student attitudes and knowledge gains were measured using pretests, posttests, and final evaluations. From the summer semester of 2020 to the summer semester of 2021, 3 semesters took place as online and hybrid courses (mid-COVID-19 group). Since 2016, 8 semesters of the curricular elective module took place in face-to-face teaching (pre-COVID-19 group). This study aimed to evaluate student acceptance of a curricular elective module on disaster and deployment medicine over a 5-year period and to present content adjustments due to COVID-19 restrictions. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought many aspects of disaster medicine into everyday awareness but also led to a massive change in medical teaching due to the necessity of contact restrictions.
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