Planetary Health Education In Prescribing
▶Summary
This project aims to enable the integration of planetary health and sustainability in pharmacotherapy education and treatment choices. The project therefore addresses the worldwide priority of fig...
▶Objectives
This project aims to enable the integration of planetary health and sustainability in pharmacotherapy education and treatment choices. The project therefore addresses the worldwide priority of fighting against climate change, with concrete and impactful contributions to reducing the environmental impact of medicines. We want to create new, innovative and joint teaching methods, materials and approaches to educate (future) prescribers about sustainable prescribing practices.
▶Activities
In this project, we will: -Reach expert consensus on all essential information that determines the total environmental harm of a medicine and provide directives towards weighing this information -Create an overview on what information from this consensus is freely available and what information should be additionally shared -Develop and implement educational formats, materials, programs and teach the teacher courses on how to integrate planetary health in CPT education.
▶Impact
-A framework with criteria for all information that is essential to determine the total environmental impact of a medicine, as a fundament for the first decision aid towards making sustainable medication choices. -A scientific letter towards pharmaceutical companies and policymakers about what information should be shared -Educational materials and programs on planetary health and sustainable prescribing -A Teach the Teacher module for implementing the abovementioned results in CPT education