Climate Change and Healthcare

Facilitated By

Kimberley R. Barker, MLIS, Librarian for Belonging & Community Engagement

Faculty Description/Learning Objective

From the link between worsening air quality and increasing respiratory illness, to the damage of increasingly powerful storms on healthcare facilities, and to the link between a rapidly warming earth and infectious diseases, to the negative effects on mental health, the changing climate is affecting humanity. Join Kimberley for an evidence-based overview of the topic to learn more about current challenges, what needs to be done to best meet changing needs, which groups are most impacted and how some groups are approaching those challenges.

(1 CME credit)

Target Audience

Physicians and other faculty.

Questions? Contact Patricia Brophy.

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