The Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host its February seminar, titled “Development of Innovative Curriculum on Climate Change for First-Year Medical Students,” Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 9 to 10 a.m.
Numerous medical and health associations, governmental and non-governmental agencies have noted the importance of preparing medical students and other health professionals to understand and learn how to address the effects of climate change on the health of individuals and communities.
During this seminar, Karen B. Mulloy, associate professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will discuss the topic of innovative learning strategies introduced into the medical school curriculum, the results of the evaluation and how that will prepare future physicians and public health professionals to address how adaptation and mitigation strategies can reduce adverse health impacts of climate change.
Her research focuses on the development, evaluation and integration of environmental health sciences into the curriculum in graduate and post-graduate education with a focus on the links to environmental justice, social determinants of health and population health.