A peer network to support teaching sustainable healthcare and planetary health: (1) understand the links between human health and the environment; (2) develop skills to bring about a sustainable health service; (3) discuss the duty of a health professional to protect the health of the public in a time of global environmental change.

RSM Webinar on: "What is the role of healthcare professionals?"

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inVIVO2021 Planetary Health Conference - Abstract Submissions Open!

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Please see this exciting opportunity to submit your original research to a global planetary health conference!

Planetary Healthcare Journal club

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Research article: "Characterisation of an elective course on climate change for health professional students"

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Sustainable Healthcare Reading List

Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for

GREEN-ICU study seeking volunteers for survey and online interviews

The GREEN-ICU research study is seeking views o

Climate change into Medical Education - Royal Society of Medicine webinar took place on Thursday 10th June

https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/general-practice-with-primary-healthcare/2020-21/gpp55/

Call for SusQI Project Supervisors

Calling Clinicians in South East of England with an Interest in Sustainable Healthcare to suggest Quality Improve Project Ideas&n

Yale University: Sustainability in Health Care Symposium

Yale School of Public health are hosting a FREE virtual event spanning 3 different days!

New Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare elearning programme

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has partnered with Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh)(link is external) to develop elearning resources designed to equip healthcare workers with the knowledge and skills they need to deliver healthcare that is financially, socially, and environmentally sustainable.

framework for sustainable inhaler practices in GP

SSC report + recorded workshop
- background/context of sustainable respiratory care
- summary of interviews with practice patients
- framework for action/SusQI projects in GP

May, 2021

The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing

The Institute of Global Health Innovation are delighted to invite you to an online panel discussion to explore the impact of climate change on ment

AMEE Symposium on Planetary Health and Education for Sustainable Healthcare

Planetary Health and Education for Sustainable Healthcare (ESH) will be featured at a symposium at the virtual conference of AMEE the international

New Planetary Health Course for Primary Care

The Planetary Health Course for Primary Care will be launched in an online event on May 5th at 1pm BRT, 6pm CEST, 9:30pm I

Online survey and interview for GREEN-ICU research project

The GREEN-ICU research team is exploring ways t

Planetary Health Alliance principles and education framework

This inspirational short film from the Planetary Health Alliance (PHA) tells the story of humanity, illuminating the interconnectedness of humans a

Free Event: "On the Frontline, for Health and Planet"

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Health Care Without Harm Global Road Map

On April 14, Health Care Without Harm launched The Global Road Map for Health Care Decarbonization: a navigational tool for achieving zero emis

2021 Planetary Health Annual Meeting and Festival

The 4th Planetary Health Annual Meeting aims to bridge communities to achieve the Great Transition by highlighting collective

Briefing Launch: The Public Health Case for a Green New Deal

Next week, the Climate & Health Group will release their upcoming briefing, ‘The Public Health Case for the Green New Deal’.

Teaching and learning of sustainable healthcare in the medical education curriculum

Congratulations and thanks to SanYuMay for this extremely helpful article summarising current knowledge on how sustainable healthcare can be incorporated into the medical curriculum.

Free downloads are available via the green PDF button on the link below.

Medical Teacher

June, 2019

Sustainable Healthcare Education case studies 2016-17

Case studies from 2016/17 onwards from eight medical and health professional schools in the UK, Brazil and USA.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare & Healthy Planet UK

July, 2018

GMC requires medical schools to teach sustainable healthcare

The GMC's new Outcomes for Graduates 2018 now requires newly-qualified doctors to be able to apply the principles, methods and knowledge of sustain

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign.

Sustainability in Quality improvement - 2 articles

2 papers published in the Future Healthcare Journal put forward a simple approach for incorporating sustainability into mainstream QI methodologies: the ‘SusQI’ framework.

Mortimer F, Isherwood J, Wilkinson A, Pearce M, Kenward C, Vaux E. Future Healthcare Journal, 2018

June, 2018

Vision and Objectives for the Sustainable Healthcare Education network

“All students in health professional degrees are able to explain the relevance of planetary health to human health and healthcare and apply skills for improving the sustainability of healthcare. This knowledge informs the behaviours and activities of health professionals, who promote health by incorporating environmental sustainability in their workplaces and professional roles.”

Sustainability Series: An educational resource on sustainable healthcare specialties

In celebration of our 10th birthday, The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare have launched the

Curriculum Resource For Sustainable Healthcare Education

We have put together a resource list and report for health professionals in dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy who are interested in teachi

Development of a Health Professions Curriculum on Environmental Sustainability and Health

This video outlines the process of developing a health professions curriculum on environmental sustainability and health in the United States.

March, 2017

Sustainability in Quality Improvement learning resources

Sustainability has been recognised as a domain of quality in healthcare, and building it into quality improvement (QI) is a practical way to drive incremental change towards a more ethical, sustainable health system.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2017

Browse this Networks's Resources in the Resource Library

framework for sustainable inhaler practices in GP

SSC report + recorded workshop
- background/context of sustainable respiratory care
- summary of interviews with practice patients
- framework for action/SusQI projects in GP

May, 2021

Education for Sustainable Development Guidance 2021 from QAA and Advance HE

Here’s the new Education for Sustainable Development Guidance from QAA/Advanced HE to encourage universities in the UK to embed sustainability into all courses from every discipline for teaching, learning and a

March, 2021

AMEE Consensus Statement on Education for Sustainable Healthcare and Planetary Health

The purpose of this Consensus Statement is to provide a global, collaborative, representative and inclusive vision for educating an interprofessional healthcare workforce that can deliver sustainable healthcare and promote planetary health.

February, 2021

Environmental impact of PPE in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

Article: Environmental impact of Personal Protective Equipment supplied to health and social care services in England in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chantelle Rizan, Malcolm Reed, Mahmood F Bhutta

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

December, 2020

Global Health Engagement Media

I was invited to teach Year 2 students (Nov 2020) as part of the Global Health Student Selected Component, run by Professor Alison Fiander at Cardiff Medical School.

November, 2020

Student Selected Component: Doctors Against Climate Change

This 7-week teaching program at Brighton and Sussex Medical School allows students to explore the impact of the healthcare industry on the environment. As well as identifying the problems, the course reviews what is currently being done in the country and around the world to find solutions.

November, 2020

Article: The Unique Role of Medical Students in Catalyzing Climate Change Education

Excellent and very specific article on curriculum re-design at Emory University in the US. Climate and health learning objectives mapped across the pre-clinical medical curriculum.

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

October, 2020

WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care

Today WHO launches new guidance for climate resilient health systems which places preparing the workforce as one its four main strategies. See page 32/38 for details - I've excerpted the introduction to that section here:

4.1 HEALTH WORKFORCE iNTERVENTiONS

October, 2020

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Background: Health-care services are necessary for sustaining and improving human wellbeing, yet they have an environmental footprint that contributes to environment-related threats to human health.

July, 2020

Recording: National Allied Health Professions Sustainability Webinar

This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.

June, 2020

RSM Webinar on: "What is the role of healthcare professionals?"

Hi all,

inVIVO2021 Planetary Health Conference - Abstract Submissions Open!

Hi all,

Please see this exciting opportunity to submit your original research to a global planetary health conference!

Planetary Healthcare Journal club

Hi everyone,

Research article: "Characterisation of an elective course on climate change for health professional students"

Hi all,

Sustainable Healthcare Reading List

Hi all, I work in the sustainability team for my Trust and I'm collaborating with our libraries to curate a sustainable healthcare reading list for

GREEN-ICU study seeking volunteers for survey and online interviews

The GREEN-ICU research study is seeking views o

Climate change into Medical Education - Royal Society of Medicine webinar took place on Thursday 10th June

https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/general-practice-with-primary-healthcare/2020-21/gpp55/

Call for SusQI Project Supervisors

Calling Clinicians in South East of England with an Interest in Sustainable Healthcare to suggest Quality Improve Project Ideas&n

Yale University: Sustainability in Health Care Symposium

Yale School of Public health are hosting a FREE virtual event spanning 3 different days!

New Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare elearning programme

Might environmental sustainability renew the teaching of medical ethics?

See this BMJ article by Daniel Sokol, and opportunity for discussion via rapid responses: http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i6415/rr-4

SHE SUMMER SCHOOL

SHE SUMMER SCHOOL in UK: please add your thoughts

WHO TO BE INVOLVED:

Medsin, Healthy Planet, CSH, Universities, regional groups

FUNDING:

Who to apply to? Who could host?

WHAT TEACHING:

Students could do papers on how sustainability is relevant to specific specialties

October 25 SHE meeting 20:00-21:00 UK time

Via Google hangout The agenda is as follows. - introductions - goals of the group following on from recent Helsinki discussions - projects in progress (student survey, - other strategies and activities to put in place to work towards our goals - future comms, next meeting

Help Gather a Living List of Sustainability Research Priorities

Living List of Sustainability Research Priorities

Vision for the Sustainable Healthcare Education network (draft)

Please do make changes to the text, if you have edits to make, as well as posting comments underneath.

This is a draft mission statement of the Sustainable Healthcare Education network (SHE), developed by the core SHE team. It incorporates five year goals, but is for review and further discussion and development by network participants.

Sustainable Healthcare Education Network - Mission Statement

International group working on Sustainable Healthcare Education - Next meeting outline

Upcoming October meeting for the SHE international working group - date and time to be confirmed - if you would like to attend please complete this doodle poll and you will be notified of the outcome in due course.

https://doodle.com/poll/vdxnnrccufcr2825

Past Meeting

GMC consultation on the Medical Licensing Assessment - ends 30th April 2017

The GMC is consulting on the Medical Licensing Assessment which will apply to UK medical students, EEA and International graduates and aims “to create a single, objective demonstration that those applying for registration with a licence to practise medicine in the UK can meet a common threshold for safe practice.” (GMC-MLA consultation)

Sharing advice about E-learning about environmental sustainability

There are many existing e-learning resources about environmental sustainability. It could be useful both for learners and for those planning courses if we can develop this list / 'catalogue' of e-resources.

If you have experience of using any of the below, or time to explore them, please add your comments - you can do so by logging in to the Sustainable Healthcare Education network, going to the 'wiki' tab, selecting this wiki, and then clicking on 'edit'.

International group working on Sustainable Healthcare Education

Following a workshop at AMEE 2016, medical educators and students from around the world have been working together to develop approaches to developing and delivering Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE).

The group includes representatives from Denmark, Brazil, South Africa, Canada and USA. So far, we have:

- worked to further explore the relevance of the SHE core learning objectives (developed in UK consultation by the SHE network) internationally, drawing on outcomes from the workshop, which included international participants

Videos for sustainable healthcare teaching

Please add your recommendations (under the most relevant learning outcome) for short videos or animations to use in sustainable healthcare teaching:

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Teaching and learning of sustainable healthcare in the medical education curriculum

Congratulations and thanks to SanYuMay for this extremely helpful article summarising current knowledge on how sustainable healthcare can be incorporated into the medical curriculum.

Free downloads are available via the green PDF button on the link below.

Medical Teacher

June, 2019