Prescribing sustainability: should UN sustainable development goals be part of the medical, pharmacy, and biomedical education?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

How to adapt the curriculum of medicine, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences to prepare future health professionals to meet the challenge of maintaining quality care in a period of socio-ecological crisis? Addressing connections between humanity and sustainable environment should include an analysis of the reciprocal influence of various ecosystems, since it is now clear that healthcare systems have an impact on ecosystems and vice versa. Here, we propose that integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the curriculum could be a first step in such a transversal education.

Methods

Members of the faculty of medicine at the University of Namur, Belgium, including teaching staff of the department of medicine, pharmacy, biomedical sciences

SUBMITTER: Wieers G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11492205 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature