The impacts of the environment on health and healthcare should be part of the curriculum for all health professionals. The Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) network is a fast-growing group of clinicians, academics and students who have been developing teaching materials - you can find these via the Resources tab above. Join the SHE network to receive emails - please register via the link on the right of this page.
GMC welcomes sustainable healthcare learning priorities
News Article Frances 30/01/2012 - 11:08am
The General Medical Council has welcomed recommendations from the Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) Network on priority learning outcomes for sustainable healthcare. Follow up plans are now being developed, including a wider consultation with medical schools and Royal Colleges.
90% Less: why greener healthcare is leaner healthcare
Blog Article Ingeborg 25/01/2012 - 1:22pmOur conference organized in partnership with The Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster is taking place on 24th February 2012. The day offers a great opportunity to find out about the most recent developments in sustainable healthcare including a launch of the emergent research agenda from The King's Fund. Experts will outline the major issues before looking in depth at some of the available solutions including how to cut medicines waste, benefits of greenspace, patient and staff engagement and active transport.
GMC invites input on sustainable healthcare education
Blog Article Frances 04/11/2011 - 6:10pm
On 19 September, SHE Network members met with representatives of the General Medical Council. Several avenues for collaboration were discussed, covering undergraduate and postgraduate training and CPD.
Health and Security perspectives on Climate Change
Blog Article Isobel Braithwaite 20/10/2011 - 1:29pm
As I sat in the enormous main hall of BMA house yesterday at the BMJ’s conference ‘Health and Security perspectives on Climate Change’, on Monday, Thailand was beginning to come to terms with the worst floods in several decades, with at least 315 dead and the finance minister predicting 1-1.7% of Thai growth lost and a cost of $3.3bn in reconstruction.
Non-Communicable Diseases: seizing new opportunities
Blog Article ShuoZhang 19/09/2011 - 9:30pm
Following Monday the 19th of September, as the world meets to discuss NCD’s at the UN summit in New York; many eyes will be tuned in to change. Underlying the main event is a new precipitation of health activism as organisations one by one realise that we have a shared mission.
Global Health Education for Tomorrow's Doctors 20 October Birmingham
Blog Article Stefi Barna 22/08/2011 - 8:31amhttp://www.asme.org.uk/conferences/globalisation-of-health-autumn-2011.html
This meeting will include a morning workshop on Sustainable Healthcare Education with case studies and evaluation.
A medical student view
Blog Article Isobel Braithwaite 07/10/2010 - 3:25pm
I had no idea upon starting at medical school that before the year was out I’d end up getting involved in a British Council project on Climate Change and Health! It has been one of the most interesting things I’ve done all year, and has given me a much better idea of the sort of medicine I want to work in.
RCN Activist Training – Sustainable Action Planning
Blog Article Frances 01/07/2010 - 6:31pm
Royal College of Nursing activists were heading home to “green” their wards after training sessions at the Joint Reps conference last week. Despite a festive conference dinner the night before, the activists were soon unpacking sustainability issues from their workplaces and coming up with ideas.
Sustainable Healthcare GP Registrar Scholarship programme
Blog Article Tim 01/06/2010 - 4:27pm
Exciting Innovative Sustainability Scholarship Opportunity - 2 Posts Available. The First in Primary Care in the UK.
Climate Change Programme with the British Council and Medsin-UK
Blog Article Elly Pilavachi 06/05/2010 - 11:55am
Over a weekend in April, 15 enthusiastic students arrived in London having travelled from as far as Belgium and Belfast, eager to start an international Climate Change and Health programme with the British Council and Medsin-UK.
