Leddin Desmond, Sinclair Paul, Singh Harminder, Sherman Rachael
Division of Digestive Care and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine Dalhousie University, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, NS B3H2Y9, Canada.
INSINC Consulting Inc., Guelph, ON N1G 3G3, Canada.
J Can Assoc Gastroenterol. 2024 Dec 21;8(1):4-6. doi: 10.1093/jcag/gwae051. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Environmental change is underway and has the potential to adversely affect digestive health. Professional medical organizations have an important role to play in addressing the challenge. An important initial response is the development of a sustainability plan for the medical organization. There are no standardized criteria as to what should be included in such a plan. We have proposed 12 key components that should be contained in sustainability plans for medical organizations. We describe how these were developed for the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) and plans for future implementation. We hope that the CAG plan may serve as a template to assist peer medical organizations optimize their response to the climate crisis.
环境变化正在发生,并且有可能对消化健康产生不利影响。专业医学组织在应对这一挑战方面可发挥重要作用。一个重要的初步应对措施是为医学组织制定可持续发展计划。对于此类计划应包含哪些内容,尚无标准化标准。我们提出了医学组织可持续发展计划应包含的12个关键要素。我们描述了这些要素是如何为加拿大胃肠病学协会(CAG)制定的以及未来的实施计划。我们希望CAG计划可作为一个模板,帮助同行医学组织优化其对气候危机的应对。