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Health Professional Education Resources

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), has developed a variety of free interdisciplinary clinical education resources which you will find listed below.  They can be used to update health professional curricula to incorporate important education about climate health and sustainable practice.   

We have started integrating these resources into medical schools, teaching hospitals and speciality colleges across Australia. Please contact admin@dea.org.au if you would like to get involved, or would like more information. 

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), has successfully advocated for, and assisted in, the integration of climate health risks and sustainability into medical education curricula and healthcare standards across the country, including the AMC National Framework for Prevocational Medical Training, AMC Primary Medical School Standards, the NSQHS Sustainable Healthcare Module, and the Victorian Public Hospital Enterprise Agreement.  

It is imperative that the medical workforce understand, address, and can respond to the health effects of climate change, which has been declared the single biggest health threat facing humanity in the 21st century. Many Australian medical colleges have recognised they have a duty to be part of the solutions, and to prepare their members for responding to these impacts.

Planetary health-organ system map – a curriculum resource for medical educators
DEA Curriculum Mapping Resource & Slide Deck

Easy-to-use tools for medical educators to locate clinically relevant teaching points in each major body system. These resources can be used to support new medical school and teaching hospital medical education standards. Specifically  Domain 3.3 of the Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs, Domain 2 & Domain 3 of the AMC National Framework for Prevocational (PGY1 and PGY2) Medical Training.

 

Principles of Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare

Click here to download the slide deck for clinical educators to promote the principles of environmentally sustainable healthcare.

These resources can be used to support new medical school and teaching hospital medical education standards. Specifically Domain 1.15 and Domain 3.10 of the Standards for Assessment and Accreditation of Primary Medical Programs and Outcome Statement 1.5, Domain 2, and EPA 2 (Prescribing) of the AMC National Framework for Prevocational (PGY1 and PGY2) Medical Training.

 


GreenCollege Guidelines: Reducing the environmental impact of your medical colleges, specialty, society, council and association

Practical and affordable ideas to make eco-friendly organisational improvements.

 


Sustainable Conference Guide

This guide offers a handy checklist to make your next event more sustainable.

 

Making healthcare sustainable
Greening Your Health Organisation

The carbon footprint of Australia’s healthcare sector is estimated at over 7% of Australia’s total emissions. While every sector needs to play its part to limit global warming and environmental degradation, the healthcare sector has an added responsibility (and opportunity) to lead mitigation of emissions and environmental impacts.

 


DEA After Hours Webinars

The After Hours is a webinar series all about climate change and human health. Each month, we’ll bring you a new session that will focus on one specific aspect of the relationship between climate change and human health—and what health professionals can be doing about it.

 


DEA Podcasts

Hosts Dr. Karin English and Dr. Kaiya Ferguson discuss latest DEA news & topical environment and health issues

 

Doctors for the environment Australia
Upcoming: Grand Rounds Package

Please reach out (admin@dea.org.au) if you are interested in helping us pilot this resource.

 

Doctors for the environment Australia
Upcoming: Actions for Sustainability in Your Hospital Toolkit

Please reach out (admin@dea.org.au) if you are interested in helping us pilot this resource.

 


Specific DEA resources

Click here for specific DEA resources relating to Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Diet & Agriculture, Divestment, Health & Energy, Sustainable Healthcare, First Nations Solidarity, and Mental Health

 

National and International Medical Education Partnerships


We are proud to be a signatory of the The Academic Health Institutions’ Declaration on Planetary Health declaring the health of the planet a Code Red emergency and call for immediate implementation of planetary health education and research, and the transition to climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems in order to build a healthy, sustainable, and just future for all.

 


Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education

As a partner of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, please click here for links to educational content, resources, and information on a wide variety of climate and health topics for members and health professions schools/programs to enhance their development of locally tailored climate-health educational opportunities.

 


NSW Health Climate Risk and Net Zero

NSW Health is establishing a climate risk and net zero program, to coordinate and scale-up action across NSW Health. This website contains practical information and resources to support staff in the transition to a modern, low carbon health system.  

 

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