Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
The aim of this course will be to address the concepts that underpin sustainability in healthcare. It will encourage the student to consider the complex relationship between health and the environment and examine the difficulties of providing modern healthcare while conserving the natural world.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Course coordinator is Morven Wilson
This is an option that would be undertaken as part of the Medical Humanities SSC in Year 3 of MBChB.
This is a joint venture engaging several different healthcare departments and public bodies. As a 6 week block it will have a supported project undertaken primarily by the student covering one of a wide variety of topics including sustainable prescribing , social prescribing, active transport.
We will introduce the concepts of health and sustainability and consider the relevance of climate change to healthcare. We aim to encourage the student to view healthcare with a new perspective.
It is widely accepted that the health of future generations will be determined by our judicious use of natural resources now and it is imperative that healthcare systems adapt to address this need. We aim to raise awareness in the next generation of doctors of these issues so that environmental considerations become a core factor in future healthcare decisions.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 80 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 12 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
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During the course the student will be seen on a weekly basis and receive feedback on their self directed research. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 12 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
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During the course the student will be seen on a weekly basis and receive feedback on their self directed research. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of sustainable healthcare; how healthcare impacts climate change and how climate change impacts healthcare. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Explore the links between providing healthcare and sustaining the global environment. Demonstrate that the ecologically responsible handling of resources can also have economic benefits |
| Conceptual | Analyse | To demonstrate an understanding of healthy ecosystems, healthy people and local community empowerment. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Consider the unequal distribution of environmental change with the social and political challenges that it creates and the impact of public policy. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Consider future climate change, population growth and migration and the creation of a healthcare system resilient to these changes |
| Conceptual | Understand | Consider sustainable and healthy communities including health co-benefits of living sustainably |
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