CRIMEDIM is a university-wide academic center that conducts research, education and training in the field of disaster medicine and humanitarian health. The center is committed to promote innovative research projects and to foster learning and training programs using state of the art technologies to enhance the resilience of health systems in emergency, disaster and humanitarian crisis.
CRIMEDIM has been designated World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Emergency and Disaster Medicine in August 2016.
By definition, a WHO Collaborating Centre is an institution designated by the Director-General of WHO to form part of an international collaborative network set up by WHO in support of its program at the country, regional, and global levels.
In line with the WHO policy and strategy of technical cooperation, a WHO Collaborating Centre also participates in the strengthening of country resources, in terms of information, services, research and training, in support of national health development.
In this framework, CRIMEDIM works to provide strategic support to the WHO in what specifically concerns training and research in emergency and disaster.
DisasterSISM is a national innovative multilevel educational program developed by CRIMEDIM in collaboration with Segretariato Italiano Studenti in Medicina (SISM) designed for medical students, that aims to provide young future physicians with the basic and advanced knowledge of Disaster Medicine. The project consist of three different educational levels: Basic...
The Training Disaster Medicine Trainers (TdmT) is an international program developed by CRIMEDIM together with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA). Against a background of increasing disaster risk and growing number of actual disasters, this project stems from the need to fill the existing gap in the medical curriculum, where disaster...
