Building an environmentally accountable medical curriculum through international collaboration

dc.contributor.authorWalpole, Sarah Catherine
dc.contributor.authorVyas, Aditya
dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Janie
dc.contributor.authorCanny, Ben J.
dc.contributor.authorWoollard, Robert
dc.contributor.authorWellbery, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorLeedham-Green, Kathleen E.
dc.contributor.authorMusaeus, Peter
dc.contributor.authorTufail-Hanif, Uzma
dc.contributor.authorPavao Patricio, Karina [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRother, Hanna-Andrea
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Hull
dc.contributor.institutionMed Sans Frontiers
dc.contributor.institutionUniv East Anglia
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Melbourne
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Tasmania
dc.contributor.institutionUniv British Columbia
dc.contributor.institutionGeorgetown Univ
dc.contributor.institutionKings Coll London
dc.contributor.institutionAarhus Univ
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Edinburgh
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Cape Town
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T17:40:56Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T17:40:56Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: Global environmental change is associated with significant health threats. The medical profession can address this challenge through advocacy, health system adaptation and workforce preparedness. Stewardship of health systems with attention to their environmental impacts can contribute to mitigation of and adaptation to negative health impacts of environmental change. Medical schools have an integral role in training doctors who understand the interdependence of ecosystems and human health. Yet integrating environmental perspectives into busy medical curricula is not a simple task.Content: At the 2016 Association for Medical Education in Europe conference, medical educators, students and clinicians from six continents discussed these challenges in a participatory workshop. Here we reflect on emerging themes from the workshop and how to plan for curricular change. Firstly, we outline recent developments in environmental health and associated medical education. Secondly, we reflect on our process and outcomes during this innovative approach to international collaboration. Thirdly, we present learning objectives which cover core content for environmentally accountable medical curricula, developed through a reflective process of international collaboration integrating current literature and the workshop outcomes.Conclusions: International collaboration can bring together diverse perspectives and provide critical insights for the inclusion of environmental health into basic education for medical practitioners.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Hull, Hull York Med Sch, Kingston Upon Hull, N Humberside, England
dc.description.affiliationMed Sans Frontiers, Kinshasa, DEM REP CONGO
dc.description.affiliationUniv East Anglia, Norwich Med Sch, Publ Hlth, Norwich, Norfolk, England
dc.description.affiliationUniv Melbourne, Nossal Inst Global Hlth, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
dc.description.affiliationUniv Tasmania, Sch Med, Hobart, Tas, Australia
dc.description.affiliationUniv British Columbia, Dept Family Practice, Fac Med, Vancouver, BC, Canada
dc.description.affiliationGeorgetown Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Family Med, Washington, DC 20007 USA
dc.description.affiliationKings Coll London, Dept Primary Care & Publ Hlth Sci, London, England
dc.description.affiliationAarhus Univ, Ctr Hlth Sci Educ, Aarhus, Denmark
dc.description.affiliationUniv Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Med Sch Botucatu, Publ Hlth Dept, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Cape Town, Sch Publ Hlth & Family Med, Div Environm Hlth, Rondebosch, South Africa
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Med Sch Botucatu, Publ Hlth Dept, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.format.extent1040-1050
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2017.1342031
dc.identifier.citationMedical Teacher. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd, v. 39, n. 10, p. 1040-1050, 2017.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/0142159X.2017.1342031
dc.identifier.fileWOS000411505800006.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0142-159X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/163314
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000411505800006
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Teacher
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.titleBuilding an environmentally accountable medical curriculum through international collaborationen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/permissions/reusingOwnWork.asp
dcterms.rightsHolderTaylor & Francis Ltd
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-6062-055X[8]

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