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Climate advocacy networking

Created on
2 May 2019
by
Frances Mortimer
Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected. Many of us therefore feel that we should use our position to speak out and make sure that people know about the climate emergency and the…
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Resolution on integrating climate and environmental health into medical education in the US

Created on
1 May 2019
by
Sarah Walpole
Illinois State Medical Society have accepted a resolution to integrate climate and environmental health into medical…
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PVC recycling scheme

Created on
29 Apr 2019
by
lydia Howells
Hello! I am a Deputy Charge Nurse of a Recovery Unit in Scotland I am about 2 months into a Q.I project of reducing our clinical waste by maximising correct waste segregation procedures. I am also…
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Anyone going to ASME 2019?

Created on
29 Apr 2019
by
Frances Mortimer
Hi, is anyone on SHE planning to be at the ASME conference in Glasgow in July? It would be good to link up. Best wishes, Frances
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Inhalers in primary care

Created on
26 Apr 2019
by
Deana Gershuny
Hi all, I'm carrying out a QI project at a GP practice in Kent piloting the use of the new decision aid to see what impact it has on inhaler prescribing and DPI:MDI ratio. I'll be collecting…
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Green prescribing

Created on
23 Apr 2019
by
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, we’ve been working with the University of Sheffield on the IWUN project, Valuing Urban Nature. Our role has been to translate the research outputs into something…
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US medical student editorial on climate change in the curriculum

Created on
17 Apr 2019
by
Stefi Barna
"There are at least three major ways that climate change will affect the practice of medicine and for which medical education must prepare future physicians." Medical schools must prepare…
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Future leaders for sustainability and health?..

Created on
17 Apr 2019
by
Sarah Walpole
https://www.britishcouncil.org/future-leaders-connect/apply I just came across this opportunity and wanted to share it with you - perhaps some of your students would like to apply.
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Examples wanted for OTnews article about sustainable practice

Created on
8 Apr 2019
by
Ben Whittaker
An article is planned fora forthcoming edition of OTnews exploring examples of sustainable practice in various different settings. Are you practicing occupational therapy in a sustainable way? Or…