Rabin Benjamin M, Laney Emaline B, Philipsborn Rebecca P
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2020 Oct 14;7:2382120520957653. doi: 10.1177/2382120520957653. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.
Climate change is a well-recognized threat to human health with impacts on every organ system and with implications for disease processes across subspecialties. Climate-driven environmental exposures influence the pathophysiologic underpinnings of disease emphasized in the pre-clinical years of medical school. While medical schools are beginning to offer climate change and health electives, medical education is lagging in providing fundamental climate-and-health content to adequately prepare the next generation of physicians for the challenges that they will face in the provision of healthcare and the prevention and treatment of disease. This perspective piece highlights the unique role of medical students in catalyzing the incorporation of climate content into the pre-clinical medical school curriculum and provides topics for disseminated curricular integration with the concepts emphasized in the pre-clinical years of medical education.
气候变化是公认的对人类健康的威胁，它影响着每个器官系统，并对各个亚专业的疾病进程产生影响。气候驱动的环境暴露影响着医学院校临床前阶段所强调的疾病的病理生理基础。虽然医学院校开始提供气候变化与健康方面的选修课程，但医学教育在提供基本的气候与健康内容方面仍滞后，不足以让下一代医生为他们在提供医疗保健以及疾病预防和治疗中将要面临的挑战做好充分准备。这篇观点文章强调了医学生在推动将气候内容纳入医学院校临床前课程方面的独特作用，并提供了与医学教育临床前阶段所强调的概念进行课程整合传播的主题。
