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The Medical Community’s Role in Communication Strategies during Health Crises—Perspective from European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)
| Title: | The Medical Community’s Role in Communication Strategies during Health Crises—Perspective from European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) |
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| Authors: | Ilia Nadareishvili, Theodore Bazas, Nicola Petrosillo, Vojko Berce, John Firth, Armando Mansilha, Mihaela Leventer, Alessandra Renieri, Mauro Zampolini, Vassilios Papalois |
| Source: | Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 370-376 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Other systems of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | COVID-19, UEMS, communication, infodemics, Other systems of medicine, RZ201-999 |
| More Details: | The COVID-19 pandemic was complicated by the spread of false information leading to what became widely called an “infodemic”. The present opinion paper was written by an ad hoc international team united under the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) umbrella and reflects the organizations’ effort to contribute to the resolution of these issues, by highlighting and reflecting on them and by suggesting the medical community’s necessary activities resulting in the formulation of effective future communication strategies. The importance of physicians’ and other health workers’ role and mission as educators and leaders in communities in critical situations should be reassessed and upgraded. We need to equip future doctors with strong and sustainable leadership and communication skills through relevant undergraduate and postgraduate education programs, in order that compliance with preventive medical advice is increased. To avoid possible politically and otherwise biased communication in health crises of the future, European nations should establish independent advisory bodies providing evidence-based advice and participate in communication campaigns. Medical and other health professional organizations should build organizational and personal capacities of their members to enable them to reliably inform and adequately educate governments, populations, civic society, employers’ and employees’ organizations, schools and universities, and other stakeholders. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2036-7449 82270880 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2036-7449/15/4/37; https://doaj.org/toc/2036-7449 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/idr15040037 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/61ec578eb3d74e4f82270880c11e6668 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.61ec578eb3d74e4f82270880c11e6668 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 20367449 82270880 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/idr15040037 |
| Published in: | Infectious Disease Reports |
| Language: | English |