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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…

Excellent and very specific articleon curriculum re-design at Emory University in the US. Climate and health learning objectives mapped across the pre-clinical medical curriculum. The Unique Role…

Sign up to the RCGP Active Practice Charter and join the national network of practices making positive changes in their surgeries to boost staff and patient wellbeing. Free to join as individual…

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 125 (5): 680e692 (2020) Forbes McGain, Jane Muret, Cathy Lawson and Jodi D. Sherman Key points: The scientific foundation for environmental sustainability in…

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 study by McGain et al. (2018) carbon footprinted the daily care of 10 patients with septic shock in an Australian intensive care unit in comparison with 10 patients with septic shock in an…

Useful information resource / infographic about different inhalers andthe main differences between them - including environmental impact. Could be helpful in teaching... Dawn Connelly. Blue,…

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 for…

most people engage through stores and learn because it's relevant to them. Here are a selection of case histories showing how common planetary health is in daily work

Study into the relationship between waste generation and waste management costs within healthcare setting.