Every medical school should have a planetary health teaching fellow

Clearing the air: Assessing healthcare professionals' awareness of air pollution's health consequences

“…These include the integration of General Medical Council (GMC)-recommended learning outcomes on sustainable healthcare and planetary health, the appointment of planetary health teaching fellows at medical schools, and the implementation of standardised assessments to evaluate medical schools’ adherence to planetary health metrics. 17 , 18 , 19 Other promising, practical initiatives aim at training climate-aware healthcare providers, such as incorporating environmentally focused history-taking exercises using simulated patients. 20 At the postgraduate level, there is a need for improved clinical and communication guidelines about AQ in patient consultations.…”

Climate change is a health issue. The general practitioner and planetary health

“…Their website offers a Planetary Health Repository, which you can search for literature, patient information sheets, guidance on quality improvement and other valuable tips, tools, resources and websites in various languages [ 12 ]. Medical schools and vocational training programmes for general practice/family medicine are also paying attention increasingly to planetary health [ 13 ].…”