"Medical Schools Are Pushed to Train Doctors for Climate Change" - Brianna Abbott
More doctors, health organizations and students are pushing for medical education to include climate change, saying that physicians and other health-care workers need to prepare for the risks associated with rising global temperatures. At the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, a faculty-led initiative gets students involved in developing coursework. Christian Cayon spent the summer after his first year looking for spots in the curriculum where climate change could fit, such as asthma or heat illness. Mr. Cayon says he helped get a medical microbiology course to add content, including the connection between climate change and increasing tick-borne diseases. The Climate Change Curriculum Infusion Project has since added content to four additional courses.
— Christian A. Cayon, MD Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai