University College London. Institute for Global Health. London, UK.
Universidad de los Andes, Chile. Escuela de Enfermería. Santiago, Chile.
Rev Saude Publica. 2021 Apr 23;55:17. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002891. eCollection 2021.
Analyze the incorporation of climate change and environmental health courses in the curriculum grids of Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Clinical Psychology undergraduate courses in Latin American universities.
Descriptive and cross-sectional document review. Curriculum grids of the top ten Latin American universities were analyzed according to the rankings of QS Latin American University 2020, Times Higher Education World University 2020 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019. The presence of courses related to climate change and environmental health was sought in each curriculum grid.
104 of the 161 universities included in the study offered Medicine courses, 93 Nursing courses, 77 Nutrition courses and 118 Clinical Psychology courses. Most of the curriculum grids incorporated courses in public health and/or epidemiology (more than 70%); however, between 22% and 41% included courses on environmental health, and only one curriculum grid had a course on climate change in Medicine and Nursing (1%).
Courses on climate change and environmental health have been scarcely introduced in the curriculum grids of the health field in Latin American universities. This could weaken the important role that health professionals play in providing health care to the population.
分析气候变化和环境卫生课程在拉丁美洲大学医学、护理、营养和临床心理学本科课程教学大纲中的融入情况。
描述性和跨学科文件审查。根据 2020 年 QS 拉丁美洲大学排名、2020 年《泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名》和 2019 年《世界大学学术排名》，对排名前 10 的拉丁美洲大学的教学大纲进行了分析。在每个教学大纲中都寻找与气候变化和环境卫生相关的课程。
在所研究的 161 所大学中，有 104 所提供医学课程，93 所提供护理课程，77 所提供营养课程，118 所提供临床心理学课程。大多数教学大纲都纳入了公共卫生和/或流行病学课程（超过 70%）；然而，有 22%至 41%的教学大纲纳入了环境卫生课程，只有一个教学大纲在医学和护理课程中开设了气候变化课程（1%）。
气候变化和环境卫生课程在拉丁美洲大学的健康领域教学大纲中鲜有涉及。这可能会削弱卫生专业人员在为民众提供医疗保健方面的重要作用。
