Ten characteristics of high-quality planetary health education
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- Aim: The climate and ecological crises are considered fundamental threats to human health. Healthcare workers in general and doctors in particular can contribute as change agents in mitigation and adaptation. Planetary health education (PHE) aims to harness this potential. This study explores perspectives among stakeholders involved in PHE at German medical schools on the characteristics of high-quality PHE and compares them to existing PHE frameworks. Methods: In 2021, we conducted a qualitative interview study with stakeholders from GermanAim: The climate and ecological crises are considered fundamental threats to human health. Healthcare workers in general and doctors in particular can contribute as change agents in mitigation and adaptation. Planetary health education (PHE) aims to harness this potential. This study explores perspectives among stakeholders involved in PHE at German medical schools on the characteristics of high-quality PHE and compares them to existing PHE frameworks. Methods: In 2021, we conducted a qualitative interview study with stakeholders from German medical schools involved in PHE. Three different groups were eligible: faculty members, medical students actively involved in PHE, and study deans of medical schools. Recruitment was performed through national PHE networks and snowball sampling. Thematic qualitative text analysis according to Kuckartz was used for the analysis. Results were systematically compared to three existing PHE frameworks. Results: A total of 20 participants (13 female) from 15 different medical schools were interviewed. Participants covered a wide range of professional backgrounds and experience in PHE education. The analysis revealed ten key themes: (1) Complexity and systems thinking, (2) inter- and transdisciplinarity, (3) ethical dimension, (4) responsibility of health professionals, (5) transformative competencies including practical skills, (6) space for reflection and resilience building, (7) special role of students, (8) need for curricular integration, (9) innovative and proven didactic methods, and (10) education as a driver of innovation. Six of our themes showed substantial overlap with existing PHE frameworks. Two of our themes were only mentioned in one of the frameworks, and two others were not explicitly mentioned. Few important elements of the frameworks did not emerge from our data. Conclusions: In the light of increased attention regarding the connections of the climate and ecological crises and health, our results can be useful for anyone working toward the integration of planetary health into medical schools' and any health professions' curricula and should be considered when designing and implementing new educational activities.…
Untertitel (Englisch): | results from a qualitative study with educators, students as educators and study deans at medical schools in Germany |
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Autor(en): | Johanna Simon, Sandra Parisi, Katharina Wabnitz, Anne Simmenroth, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-313856 |
Dokumentart: | Artikel / Aufsatz in einer Zeitschrift |
Institute der Universität: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Medizinische Lehre und Ausbildungsforschung |
Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Allgemeinmedizin | |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | Frontiers in Public Health |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
Band / Jahrgang: | 11 |
Aufsatznummer: | 1143751 |
Originalveröffentlichung / Quelle: | Frontiers in Public Health (2023) 11:1143751. 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143751 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143751 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 37 Bildung und Erziehung / 378 Hochschulbildung |
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | climate change; climate resilience; eco health; education for sustainable healthcare; medical education; planetary health; planetary health education; transformative education |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 10.05.2024 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 25.04.2023 |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |