The Development and Characteristics of Planetary Health in Medical Education: A Scoping Review

作者：E. H. Visser, Berdien Oosterveld, Irene Slootweg, H. Vos, M. A. Adriaanse, J. Schoones, E. Brakema · 发表于：Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1097/ACM.0000000000005796 · 被引用次数：20 · 研究领域：Medicine

Abstract Purpose Climate change, biodiversity loss, and other ecological crises threaten human health globally. The interrelation between human health and ecosystems is addressed in the emerging field of planetary health. Ecological crises have created an urgency to integrate planetary health, including sustainable health care, into medical education. To facilitate integration and guide future research, this review aims to provide an overview of the existing literature about planetary health in medical education. Method The authors conducted a scoping review using the conventional methodological framework for scoping studies. They performed a comprehensive search in 7 databases without language restrictions in March 2022. Two researchers independently extracted data. The team analyzed the data using data-driven thematic analysis, content analysis, and qualitative summarizing. Data were structured according to the Curriculum Development for Medical Education: A Six-Step Approach. Results The authors identified 3,703 unique publications, of which 127 were included. Articles predominantly (71%, n = 90) covered the call to integrate planetary health in medical education (step 1: general needs assessment). Many publications (24%, n = 31) proposed learning objectives (step 3); these mainly concerned raising awareness, while few concerned action perspectives. Publications limitedly reported on the final steps of curriculum development. Only 2 covered a full cycle of curriculum devel...