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Journal Article
International Medical Teams of the Japan Medical Association: A Framework for Foreign Medical Teams
2016
Overview
Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ibaraki. 1 After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, the JMA, as the professional society of Japanese physicians, recognized the importance of incorporating foreign medical teams (FMTs) into its large-scale disaster response efforts. 2 The JMA has developed international medical teams of the JMA, or iJMAT, as a new framework to accept FMTs to provide medical care in the event of major disasters, particularly the predicted Tokyo metropolitan or South Sea Thrust mega-earthquakes. 3 The main aim of the iJMAT program is to secure the quality of care provided and certification of physicians’ qualifications to meet the needs of disaster-affected areas. The World Medical Association Declaration of Montevideo, 4 adopted in October 2011, calls upon its members “to promote a standard competency set to ensure consistency among disaster training programs for physicians across all specialties.” The Sphere Project was initiated in 1997 by a group of nongovernmental organizations and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to develop a set of universal, minimum standards in core areas of humanitarian responses, resulting in creation of the Sphere Handbook. 5 Based on lessons learned through successful deployment of JMATs and difficulties in accepting FMTs following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the concept of international medical teams in the JMAT was proposed by the JMA.
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Cambridge University Press,Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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