Climate change and child health: How can pediatricians help with mitigation and adaptation Sten Vermund, MD, PhD
Starts On:
05/25/2023: 12:00 AM
Ends On:
05/25/2024: 11:45 PM
Type:
Online Course
Credits:
1
Description:
All individuals in control of content report no relevant financial relationship
Objectives:
After participation, the learner should be better able to:
1. Cite key facts about global climate change and increasing threats to families and children.
2. Recognize key elements of a pediatrician's role in mitigation, i.e., reduced greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, and adaptation for their patients and families, i.e., humans adjusting to warmer
weather and consequent extreme weather events.
3. Recognize the role of medical centers and hospitals in overconsumption of energy and
materials, with ideas for decreasing the GHG footprint of modern medicine.
4. Develop new ways to reduce their own family's GHG footprint in their communities.
1. Cite key facts about global climate change and increasing threats to families and children.
2. Recognize key elements of a pediatrician's role in mitigation, i.e., reduced greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, and adaptation for their patients and families, i.e., humans adjusting to warmer
weather and consequent extreme weather events.
3. Recognize the role of medical centers and hospitals in overconsumption of energy and
materials, with ideas for decreasing the GHG footprint of modern medicine.
4. Develop new ways to reduce their own family's GHG footprint in their communities.