Harvard Medical School soon will be adding climate change to its curriculum, a decision made by its Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee last month.
The addition will “examine the impact of climate change on health and health inequality, applications of these impacts to clinical care, and the role of physicians and health institutions in arriving at climate solutions,” according to The Crimson campus newspaper.
HMS Climate and Health Curriculum Theme Director Gaurab Basu (pictured) and members of the group Students for Environmental Awareness in Medicine led the curriculum change effort.