Medical Schools Must Teach More Innovative Methods of Treatment to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change

Anjum, Suzana; Callaghan, Hannah; Johnson, Bradley R.

doi:10.1097/acm.0000000000004393

Academic Medicine

2021

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000004393

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Medical Schools Must Teach More Innovative Methods of Treatment to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change

Suzana Anjum

Hannah Callaghan

Bradley R. Johnson

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“…Since 2009, Academic Medicine has published numerous articles, commentaries, editorials, and letters to the editor about medical education and the impacts of climate change. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] These works represent an important and growing body of literature about the need to incorporate the health effects of climate change into the full continuum of medical and health professions education.…”

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Reasons for Optimism About Academic Medicine’s Actions Against Climate Change

Mallon,

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2023

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Since the first mention of climate change in Academic Medicine in 2009, the pace of the climate crisis has accelerated, its impacts on every facet of planetary health have grown more severe, and the urgency for humans to act has become more dire. Medical schools, teaching hospitals and health systems, universities, affiliated organizations, and the millions of people who traverse the halls of these institutions as leaders, physicians, scientists, educators, learners, patients and families, and community members have an obligation to respond. In this commentary, the authors describe 3 reasons they are optimistic that academic medicine will continue to act against climate change. First, the mission of academic medicine, inherently aligned with climate action, propels teaching hospitals and health systems to address climate change to improve the health of patients, families, and communities. Second, younger generations of learners, faculty, and staff who populate the workforce increasingly desire, and often demand, to work at institutions that are aligned with their personal values for climate action. Third, broader forces are pushing academic medicine forward in action against climate change. Economic factors will continue to reduce the cost and increase the return on investment of climate-smart facilities, purchased goods and services, fuel, transportation, food systems, and waste management. The authors are optimistic but not complacent. Current levels of climate action in academic medicine are not nearly enough. Faculty, staff, learners, leaders, patients and families, and community partners can and must apply a “climate lens” to everything they do: weave climate solutions into education, patient care, research, community collaborations, operations, and supply chain and facility management; integrate climate actions into strategic thinking, planning, and doing; address health inequities and climate injustice; and leverage their trusted voices to press for climate action and climate justice in the health sector and in society.

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Reasons for Optimism About Academic Medicine’s Actions Against Climate Change

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The Development and Characteristics of Planetary Health in Medical Education: A Scoping Review

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Oosterveld,

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Purpose Climate change, biodiversity loss, and other ecological crises threaten human health globally. The interrelation between human health and ecosystems is addressed in the emerging field of planetary health. Ecological crises have created an urgency to integrate planetary health, including sustainable health care, into medical education. To facilitate integration and guide future research, this review aims to provide an overview of the existing literature about planetary health in medical education. Method The authors conducted a scoping review using the conventional methodological framework for scoping studies. They performed a comprehensive search in 7 databases without language restrictions in March 2022. Two researchers independently extracted data. The team analyzed the data using data-driven thematic analysis, content analysis, and qualitative summarizing. Data were structured according to the Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach. Results The authors identified 3,703 unique publications, of which 127 were included. Articles predominantly (71%, n = 90) covered the call to integrate planetary health in medical education (step 1: general needs assessment). Many publications (24%, n = 31) proposed learning objectives (step 3); these mainly concerned raising awareness while few concerned action perspectives. Publications limitedly reported on the final steps of curriculum development. Only 2 covered a full cycle of curriculum development. Most were published recently, with first authors mainly from Europe and North America. Conclusions Planetary health in medical education is an urgent and hot topic. Literature focused predominantly on why planetary health should be integrated in medical education and what should be covered. The authors recommend future research and education development to shift to how to do so, especially in evaluation and feedback. Research and education development needs to be conducted and reported on systematically and underpinned by educational principles. Lastly, it would benefit from perspectives beyond ‘Western-based’ ones.

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Medical Schools Must Teach More Innovative Methods of Treatment to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change

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Reasons for Optimism About Academic Medicine’s Actions Against Climate Change

Reasons for Optimism About Academic Medicine’s Actions Against Climate Change

The Development and Characteristics of Planetary Health in Medical Education: A Scoping Review

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