Empowering medical students in the climate crisis: elective curriculum for undergraduate medical education
This course demonstrates a feasible model for incorporating climate and health education into medical curricula that may be used by other medical schools. Such educational interventions may better prepare future physicians to address the health consequences of climate change and promote health equity.
Authors
- Tovah Bates
- Gretchen Hoyer
- Anusha Govind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5366-4722)
- Margaret Baldwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1089-9385)
- Sunila Modi
- Isabella Shelby
Institutions
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1679553
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.20
Funders
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- University of Pittsburgh
- Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh