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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Medical Education
  • Public Health Policy

Background:

  • Climate change presents a growing global health burden, necessitating a prepared health workforce.
  • Current medical education research inadequately addresses the health impacts of climate change.
  • Health professionals require adaptive expertise to manage diverse and evolving climate-related health issues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the need for integrating climate change into health workforce planning and medical education.
  • To define adaptive expertise in the context of climate change and health.
  • To propose teaching and assessment strategies for developing adaptive expertise in health professionals.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and conceptual analysis of adaptive expertise and climate change impacts.
  • Extrapolation of teaching and assessment methods from rural health curricula.
  • Development of a working definition and competencies for climate change adaptive expertise.

Main Results:

  • Climate change necessitates adaptive expertise in health professionals for complex problem-solving.
  • Medical education needs to foster motivation for innovative problem-solving and exposure to diverse climate-health content.
  • Curriculum integration of climate change health effects can cultivate adaptive expertise.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating climate change education is crucial for developing adaptive expertise in health practitioners.
  • Adaptive expertise is key to effectively addressing the health consequences of climate change.
  • Specific teaching and assessment strategies can support the development of climate change adaptive expertise in medical training.