Abstract
Training Canadian doctors for the health challenges of climate change
Highlights
Our planet is changing, and as with any drastic upheaval to patients’ surroundings, global environ mental changes affect individual health
From wildfire-related evacuation of hospitals to the spread of Lyme disease and heat-related deaths and injuries, the health effects of climate change are becoming increasingly clear in Canada.[1]
The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations has called upon medical schools to integrate teaching related to climate change into their curricula by 20203 and UK medical students highlighted this point in the BMJ, in which they called for “urgent action to safeguard the health of our future patients”
Summary
As with any drastic upheaval to patients’ surroundings, global environ mental changes affect individual health. Despite increasing pressure to include environment-related topics in their curricula, medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training. We suggest that the core competencies that health professionals should have relating to climate change must be agreed upon by the medical community.
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