Training Canadian doctors for the health challenges of climate change

Hackett, Finola; Got, Tiffany; Kitching, G; MacQueen, Kelsey T; Cohen, Arianne

doi:10.1016/s2542-5196(19)30242-6

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“…34 (± 31%) evaluation to monitor progress on the integration of the competencies across all medical schools (Hackett et al 2020). Medical students in other countries have been similarly active in taking on the environmental challenge.…”

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Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective

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Background: With deteriorating ecosystems, the health of mankind is at risk. Future health care professionals must be trained to recognize the interdependence of health and ecosystems to address the needs of their patients and communities. Health issues related to, e.g. climate change and air pollution, are not, however, generally included in medical education. Objectives: To assess the inclusion of climate change and air pollution in medical curricula and to guide the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations' (IFMSA) Vision of Climate Change in the Medical Curriculum. Methods: A study comprising three surveys (March 2019, August 2019, March 2020) explored medical students' perceptions of the current status of formal and non-formal elements of climate change and air pollution and health in their medical programs. Results: Respondents originated from 2817 medical schools in 112 countries. Only 15% of medical schools have incorporated climate change and health into the curriculum. Students led climaterelated activities in an additional 12% of medical schools. With regard to air pollution and health, only 11% of medical schools have formal education on the topic. Conclusions: It is crucial to acknowledge the current omissions from medical curricula and the importance of meaningful student involvement in curriculum transformation.

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Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective

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“…There is growing international medical recognition, regulatory obligation and student-led demand that planetary health concepts, including the health impacts of climate change and the principles of sustainable healthcare, are embedded into medical education and practice (7, 10, 12, 28-30). In Australia, the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand established a Climate Change and Health Working Group which has developed graduate outcome statements and learning objectives that incorporate the principles of planetary health (31, 32).…”

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“…Nevertheless, in response to this bifocal challenge to both serve students and wider interests of the public, an international coalition of healthcare educators and students have begun to articulate a pedagogical response to the health impacts of the Anthropocene. Specifically, planetary health and sustainable healthcare frameworks, philosophies, consensus statements and early teaching experience have begun to be reported from Europe, North America and Australia (4-10). Whilst this nascent activity is promising, persistent barriers to the implementation of such urgently needed, systemically minded, curriculum initiatives are evident.…”

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Mapping climate change and health into the medical curriculum: co-development of a “planetary health – organ system map” for graduate medical education

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Watson

Simpson

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PurposeWithin the context of a review of a Doctor of Medicine graduate curriculum, medical students partnered with faculty staff to co-develop a novel curriculum resource exemplifying the integration of planetary determinants of health into existing medical curricula.MethodWe undertook qualitative methodologies involving a planetary health literature review and curriculum mapping exercise in three parts between April 2018 - May 2021. In part one, a student focus group sought students’ perceptions on opportunities for climate-change related teaching. Part two involved two 5-hour workshops that mapped planetary health principles to classical organ systems-based teaching areas. Part three consisted of curriculum mapping expert review.ResultsParticipatory workshops involved 26 students and positioned students as leaders and partners in curriculum development alongside academics and clinicians. Final synthesis produced a comprehensive infographic rich document covering seven organ systems plus healthcare’s ecological footprint, the role of medical students and opportunities for applied skills and behaviours.ConclusionsThe student-staff co-production method adopted here promotes higher order relational and extended abstract reasoning by students, the ultimate task of any higher education. This approach, and the open access resource generated, provides an integrated and novel planetary health framework, supporting students to be leaders for a sustainable future.Practice Points[1]This project provides a methodology to overcome barriers to curriculum-wide integration of planetary determinants of health and a template to move beyond stand-alone planetary health workshops or population health case studies.[2]Student and educator co-development of planetary health teaching and learning resources promotes higher order relational and extended abstract reasoning by students, the ultimate task of any higher education.[3]Integrating planetary health supports emerging clinicians in all areas of medicine to be leaders for a sustainable future.

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“…However, healthcare learners are often not included in the planning and delivery of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the health-care service. This is despite the fact that these trainees have considerable interest in driving a healthy societal response to the impending ecological crisis, 3 and will soon be caring for patients and communities whose health will be impacted by the ongoing and compounding effects of climate change.…”

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Empowering health-care learners to take action towards embedding environmental sustainability into health-care systems

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Carson

Sanderson

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The Lancet Planetary Health

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Training Canadian doctors for the health challenges of climate change

Cited by 30 publications

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Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective

Envisioning planetary health in every medical curriculum: An international medical student organization’s perspective

Mapping climate change and health into the medical curriculum: co-development of a “planetary health – organ system map” for graduate medical education

Empowering health-care learners to take action towards embedding environmental sustainability into health-care systems

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