TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wabnitz, Katharina
A1  - Schwienhorst-Stich, Eva-Maria
A1  - Asbeck, Franziska
A1  - Fellmann, Cara Sophie
A1  - Gepp, Sophie
A1  - Leberl, Jana
A1  - Mezger, Nikolaus Christian Simon
A1  - Eichinger, Michael
T1  - National Planetary Health learning objectives for Germany: A steppingstone for medical education to promote transformative change
JF  - Frontiers in Public Health
N2  - Physicians play an important role in adapting to and mitigating the adverse health effects of the unfolding climate and ecological crises. To fully harness this potential, future physicians need to acquire knowledge, values, skills, and leadership attributes to care for patients presenting with environmental change-related conditions and to initiate and propel transformative change in healthcare and other sectors of society including, but not limited to, the decarbonization of healthcare systems, the transition to renewable energies and the transformation of transport and food systems. Despite the potential of Planetary Health Education (PHE) to support medical students in becoming agents of change, best-practice examples of mainstreaming PHE in medical curricula remain scarce both in Germany and internationally. The process of revising and updating the Medical Licensing Regulations and the National Competency-based Catalog of Learning Objectives for Medical Education in Germany provided a window of opportunity to address this implementation challenge. In this article, we describe the development and content of national Planetary Health learning objectives for Germany. We anticipate that the learning objectives will stimulate the development and implementation of innovative Planetary Health teaching, learning and exam formats in medical schools and inform similar initiatives in other health professions. The availability of Planetary Health learning objectives in other countries will provide opportunities for cross-country and interdisciplinary exchange of experiences and validation of content, thus supporting the consolidation of Planetary Health learning objectives and the improvement of PHE for all health professionals globally.
KW  - climate change
KW  - curriculum development
KW  - education for sustainable healthcare
KW  - medical education
KW  - Planetary Health
KW  - Planetary Health Education
KW  - transformative education
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-306027
SN  - 2296-2565
VL  - 10
ER  -