Assessing the Climate Readiness of Physician Education Leaders in Graduate Medical Education.

ABSTRACT: Climate change affects patient health through an array of exposures, including increasing heatwaves, extreme weather events, poor air quality, and expanding vector-borne illnesses. Physicians are at the forefront of addressing the health consequences of these exposures with patients, and environmental sustainability has become a priority for health care organizations. Accordingly, climate change and health is becoming a critical area for graduate medical education (GME). As GME leaders design and drive education in residency and fellowship programs, understanding those leaders' baseline knowledge on this topic and its alignment with their organizations' priorities is an essential step in the development of climate and health education programs. A search of existing climate and health knowl

SUBMITTER: Simpson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493311 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature