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Evaluation ViewAttendees 42
Workshop

Medical Education

Academic and Research Skills

Trainee
Session Type: Workshop

Incorporating Climate Change into Medical Education

Saturday, May 4, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre: 713 A
CE: Live CME: 1.5

Disclosure(s):
Carolina Fonseca, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Michelle Barnes, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Laura Schapiro, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Mollie Grow, MD MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Harleen Marwah, MD MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Amanda Osta, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Rebecca Philipsborn, MD, MPA: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop

Description: There are countless studies that show that child health outcomes and equity are greatly
impacted by climate change (1) Historically, the greatest impact of this crisis are most
experienced by the most disadvantaged populations. In 2019, the AMA adopted a resolution to
support teaching about climate change in undergraduate medical education, graduate medical
education, and continuing medical education (2). Since that time, based on a multi-site survey
of pediatric training program directors, we know that some training programs have begun to
incorporate climate change into their curriculum, but many programs have not yet done so. In
this interactive workshop, facilitators (trainees and faculty) will discuss approaches to
implementation and evaluation of climate change curriculum (3) into a pediatric education. We
will bring together experts on climate change and curriculum development to discuss the
current state of pediatric medical education and how education leaders can quickly move
forward to incorporate content about climate change into their programs. Participants will
work in small groups to identify ways to implement existing educational resources in the short,
medium, and long term. Participants will leave with a climate change curriculum toolkit they
can use to incorporate climate change content into their pediatric curriculum.

References:
1. Policy statement from AAP (2015)
2. American Medical Association. Resolution #A19-302: Climate Change Education Across the Medical Education Continuum. https:// www.psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ ama-climate-change-education-policy-2019. Pdf
3. https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2021/03000/Climate_Change_and_the_Practice_of_Medicine_.23.aspx
EPA report May 2023

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss best practices to develop, implement, and evaluate a pediatric climate change curriculum that explores the impact on child health outcomes and equity
  • Evaluate the needs of your pediatric clerkship, residency, or fellowship program to identify existing elements and ongoing gaps about climate change in your curriculum
  • Utilize a toolkit of available resources to identify opportunities to create/expand your climate curriculum in the short, medium, and long term