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Designing curriculum, teaching and assessment for a climate-changing world

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posted on 2023-05-24, 09:42 authored by Bell, EJ
Introduction/background: A large body of research now exists on the subject of what climate change will mean for healthcare needs. There are also calls for health education and training to better prepare health professionals for a climate-changing world. The keynote in this literature is the importance of adaptive practices for responding to climate change. It is known that health professionals will need to respond to a wide range of direct and indirect consequences of climate change, requiring not only content knowledge but also flexibility and responsiveness to diverse regional conditions as part of complex health problem-solving— adaptation. This will be particularly important in rural and remote education and training. However, little has been written exploring what this means for the ‘bread and butter’ practices of curriculum design, teaching and assessment. Purpose/objectives: This presentation examines how adaptive practices for climate change can be a part of education and training programs for health professionals. Issues for exploration/ideas for discussion: The presentation identifies clinical and non clinical dimensions of adaption for climate change, particularly as it relates to rural and remote health practice. It provides practical suggestions for designing curriculum, teaching and assessment that helps health professionals be adaptive in a climate-changing world. Using the education literature on best practice, as well as available models such as the Primary Curriculum document of the Australian College of Rural and Remote medicine (ACRRM) as a point of departure, it offers examples of competencies, teaching approaches, as well as assessment models, useful to ensuring health professionals can adapt to the new conditions brought by climate change. Conclusions: Meeting the challenges of climate change in health professional education and training will involve a questioning of some approaches to education and training and an embracing of others. The practical demands of designing curriculum, teaching and assessment that helps health professionals adapt to climate change will reinforce and extend existing knowledge of best practice in education and training.

History

Publication title

ANZAME09 Bridging Professional Islands Handbook

Editors

ANZAME

Pagination

133

ISBN

978-0-9805787-0-6

Department/School

School of Health Sciences

Publisher

ANZAME

Place of publication

Hobart

Event title

ANZAME09 Bridging Professional Islands

Event Venue

Launceston

Date of Event (Start Date)

2009-06-30

Date of Event (End Date)

2009-07-03

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Rural and remote area health

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