This 7-week teaching program at Brighton and Sussex Medical School allows students to explore the impact of the healthcare industry on the environment.
Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology article introducing an overview of key challenges around sustainability in Endoscopy.
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.
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
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.
Information for patients on the environmental impact of anaesthesia.
Please see the new and improved Green Impact for Healthcare (GIFH) Toolkit.
Headline results from Natural England's People and Nature Survey during the pandemic - taken from a presentation by Beth Brockett at Natural England, July 2020.
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
This is a recording of the AHP Sustainability webinar from June 18th 2020, part of the National Allied Health Professions fornightly webinar series.
Useful information resource / infographic about different inhalers and the main differences between them - including environmental impact.
Could be helpful in teaching...
The cataract surgery audit tool ‘Eyefficiency’ was designed to identify opportunities for sites to minimize the footprint of cataract surgical services and to increase access to cataract surgery fo
Green walking is about moving through a natural space. This simple act brings multiple benefits to physical, social and mental health.
Collection of resources to help GP practices in the Covid19 outbreak, including guidance on remote consulting
The theme of this first report in the Nordic Know-How series is nitrous oxide destruction. Nitrous oxide substantially contributes to the climate footprint of the healthcare sector.
The GREEN-ICU webpage shares information about research, education and clinical practice related to responsible and sustainable c
This toolkit gives you everything you need for a 1 minute, 5 minute and even more minute conversation, complete with step-by-step guides, behavioural change insights and all the evidence to back it
This Canadian article differentiates between 'ecological' and ‘environmental’ determinants of health.
