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Preparing Australian medical students for climate change
Australian Family Physician, 09/09/09

Hamel Green EI et al. – Climate change is now recognised as a global public health problem and will be an important component of ongoing training for the current medical workforce and, particularly, for the future medical workforce. The role of medical practitioners in the coming decades is likely to include assisting communities to adapt to changing climatic conditions, managing climate sensitive illnesses and contributing to mitigation efforts to prevent climate change. In this article, the authors argue that climate change and health should be built into the curricula of Australian medical schools and ongoing education for general practitioners and other specialists. The authors propose a problem based learning approach to highlight clinical and public health implications, and present two hypothetical case studies suitable for teaching purposes.