The urgent need to transform healthcare education to address climate change

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Climate change represents the greatest threat to public health, yet Australia’s health sector contributes to the harm through its large environmental footprint.

A new study calls for urgent education in sustainable health and care to equip current and future generations of health professionals with critical competencies to mitigate and adapt to these detrimental impacts.

Period	28 Jan 2021

Media contributions

Title	https://lens.monash.edu/@medicine-health/2021/01/28/1382740/the-urgent-need-to-transform-healthcare-education-to-address-climate-change
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	Monash Lens
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	800 words
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	28/01/21
Description	Climate change represents the greatest threat to public health, yet Australia’s health sector contributes to the harm through its large environmental footprint. A new study calls for urgent education in sustainable health and care to equip current and future generations of health professionals with critical competencies to mitigate and adapt to these detrimental impacts.
URL	https://lens.monash.edu/@medicine-health/2021/01/28/1382740/the-urgent-need-to-transform-healthcare-education-to-address-climate-change
Persons	Gabrielle Brand, Gitanjali Bedi, Tony Capon

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climate change
health care education
health sector
Sustainable Healthcare Education