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  • Medical Education
  • Global Health

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  • Planetary Health examines environmental, social, and human health interconnections.
  • Medical education struggles to integrate Planetary Health due to curriculum constraints and educator unfamiliarity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and implement accessible educational tools for Planetary Health.
  • To address the challenge of integrating Planetary Health into medical education.

Main Methods:

  • The ePlanet project created modular, open-access educational resources.
  • Utilized serious gaming and challenge-based learning (CBL) with supporting teaching guides.
  • The online serious game covers sustainable healthcare, nutrition, pollution, and infectious diseases.

Main Results:

  • The ePlanet game and CBL modules are freely available in English and Spanish.
  • The materials offer a flexible method for incorporating Planetary Health without major curriculum changes.
  • Pilot testing confirmed serious gaming's effectiveness in introducing Planetary Health concepts in medical settings.

Conclusions:

  • Serious gaming provides an effective and accessible method for Planetary Health education.
  • Open-access, multilingual resources like ePlanet can facilitate global integration into medical training.
  • The ePlanet project demonstrates a scalable solution for enhancing medical education on critical global health issues.