Teaching Climate and Health in Preventive Medicine Residency Programs: A Survey of Program Directors.

ABSTRACT: Background Climate change and related pollution and environmental damage are an urgent focus for public health physicians. Curricular content is increasing in medical schools, but to date, only pediatrics has published guidance for residency education. Objective To survey program directors of Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education preventive medicine specialties (public health and preventive medicine [PHPM], occupational and environmental medicine [OEM], and aerospace medicine [AM]) for current teaching on climate and health issues. Methods Links to an online 9-question confidential survey were sent to all program directors through Listservs January through March 2024. Questions were developed with guidance from a climate health expert. Responses were ana

SUBMITTER: Passannante MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11644597 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature