Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy
Climate change poses numerous near and long-term challenges for our society, and the human health consequences are increasingly recognized as unprecedented. Responding to these health hazards requires a healthcare workforce composed of climate-informed clinicians. As trusted messengers, physicians p...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-12-01
|
| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1060145/full |
| _version_ | 1811195549413539840 |
|---|---|
| author | Stefan Wheat Bhargavi Chekuri Cecilia Sorensen Rosemary Rochford Jay Lemery |
| author_facet | Stefan Wheat Bhargavi Chekuri Cecilia Sorensen Rosemary Rochford Jay Lemery |
| author_sort | Stefan Wheat |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Climate change poses numerous near and long-term challenges for our society, and the human health consequences are increasingly recognized as unprecedented. Responding to these health hazards requires a healthcare workforce composed of climate-informed clinicians. As trusted messengers, physicians play a vital role in informing and preparing the public for health impacts of climate change. We describe an evolving graduate medical education fellowship for physicians from all specialties capable of training leaders in this field. Our program pairs fellows with federal and non-governmental partners to provide expertise in climate policy and empower them to be change agents. The accelerating response to climate change from the federal government coupled with an increased recognition of the impacts of climate hazards on health demands a climate-informed clinical workforce. The expansion of this fellowship to accommodate trainees from multiple specialties and its innovative structure leveraging local and national partnerships sets a standard for how similar programs can be developed in addressing the greatest public health threat and opportunity of the century. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T00:44:58Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7b4fb90fbbc644ae8f054383616a8a55 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2296-858X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T00:44:58Z |
| publishDate | 2022-12-01 |
| publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Frontiers in Medicine |
| spelling | doaj.art-7b4fb90fbbc644ae8f054383616a8a552022-12-22T03:54:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Medicine2296-858X2022-12-01910.3389/fmed.2022.10601451060145Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policyStefan Wheat0Bhargavi Chekuri1Cecilia Sorensen2Rosemary Rochford3Jay Lemery4Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United StatesClimate and Health Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United StatesDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesClimate and Health Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United StatesClimate and Health Program, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United StatesClimate change poses numerous near and long-term challenges for our society, and the human health consequences are increasingly recognized as unprecedented. Responding to these health hazards requires a healthcare workforce composed of climate-informed clinicians. As trusted messengers, physicians play a vital role in informing and preparing the public for health impacts of climate change. We describe an evolving graduate medical education fellowship for physicians from all specialties capable of training leaders in this field. Our program pairs fellows with federal and non-governmental partners to provide expertise in climate policy and empower them to be change agents. The accelerating response to climate change from the federal government coupled with an increased recognition of the impacts of climate hazards on health demands a climate-informed clinical workforce. The expansion of this fellowship to accommodate trainees from multiple specialties and its innovative structure leveraging local and national partnerships sets a standard for how similar programs can be developed in addressing the greatest public health threat and opportunity of the century.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1060145/fullclimate healthmedical educationclimate changehealth literacyplanetary healthhealth systems |
| spellingShingle | Stefan Wheat Bhargavi Chekuri Cecilia Sorensen Rosemary Rochford Jay Lemery Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy Frontiers in Medicine climate health medical education climate change health literacy planetary health health systems |
| title | Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| title_full | Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| title_fullStr | Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| title_short | Creating climate-informed physician leaders: The evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| title_sort | creating climate informed physician leaders the evolution of a physician fellowship in climate and health science policy |
| topic | climate health medical education climate change health literacy planetary health health systems |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1060145/full |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT stefanwheat creatingclimateinformedphysicianleaderstheevolutionofaphysicianfellowshipinclimateandhealthsciencepolicy AT bhargavichekuri creatingclimateinformedphysicianleaderstheevolutionofaphysicianfellowshipinclimateandhealthsciencepolicy AT ceciliasorensen creatingclimateinformedphysicianleaderstheevolutionofaphysicianfellowshipinclimateandhealthsciencepolicy AT rosemaryrochford creatingclimateinformedphysicianleaderstheevolutionofaphysicianfellowshipinclimateandhealthsciencepolicy AT jaylemery creatingclimateinformedphysicianleaderstheevolutionofaphysicianfellowshipinclimateandhealthsciencepolicy |