Course Credit: 8 hours
While climate change is predicted to affect healthcare across the world, no two countries will suffer climatic stressors in the same way. In this section, we will explore the wide-ranging interactions between climate change and global health, focusing on direct climate impacts, impacts mediated by the natural environment, and impacts mediated through human society. Given the heterogeneity of climatic, social, political, economic, and health factors across the globe, this section is intended as a primer into global health and climate change. As you proceed, consider how local lessons may be more broadly applicable and how lessons in other practice settings and countries apply to your local context. Think about supply/demand mismatches that are accentuated by climate-related events.
Curriculum: Module 4 of 10
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| Introduction |
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| Overview |
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| Health impacts of a warming and changing climate |
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| Other considerations |
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Climate Change and EM Team
- Lead Author: Caitlin Rublee, MD, MPH
- Secondary Authors: Catharina Giudice, MD; Katelyn Moretti, MD, MS; Kyle Martin, DO, MA, MPH; Andrew Musits, MD, MS
- Contributors: Joseph Leanza, MD; Christine Baek; Nikhil Ranadive, MD, MS
- ALiEMU Graphic Designer: Christopher Nash, MD
- ALiEMU Peer Reviewer: Michelle Lin, MD
- Sponsor: Medical College of Wisconsin
- Curriculum design consultant: Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, MSCR with the ALiEM Education Research Lab and Incubator (ERLI)