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New teaching resources from Health Care Without Harm are available here: https://sites.google.com/hcwh.org/physiciansnetwork/medical-student-resources And I've summarised the Learning Outcomes in…

This chapter and the appendices are really useful - lay out progress around the world on Education for Sustainable Healthcare standards, accreditation, and delivery, linked to information about…

Key learning point: Simple measures to reduce, reuse and recycle paper resulted in a 75% reduction of paper use, resulting in environmental and financial savings. Setting/Patient Group: Dialysis…

Renal replacement therapy has a significant impact on the environment as various natural recourses are consumed, hazardous waste is generated and chemical substances are being used. To address this…

Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving. Setting/Patient…

Key learning point: Reducing the burden of waste and improving its segregation into appropriate streams for disposal has positive environmental impacts as well as cost savings. Setting/Patient…

OTnews article by Ben Whittaker and Sonia Roschnik exploring sustainable healthcare, with examples of sustainable occupational therapy practice. RCOT members can viewissues of OTnews…

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. The students were asked to submit…

Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology article introducing an overview of key challenges around sustainability in Endoscopy.

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…