Series Summary

Climate health is an emerging and rapidly evolving field of medicine with which hospitalists need to be familiar. Clinicians are often unaware of the impacts of environmental factors on patients’ health and do not feel comfortable counseling on the subject or educating students, residents, and colleagues. They should recognize the ecological determinants of health as impacting patient care directly and indirectly and have the tools to affect healthcare sustainability practice and understand the applicability of sustainable quality improvement tools.

SHM's Climate Health for the Hospitalist series will provide you with foundational information on the topic to counsel patients, recognize the ecological determinants of health, and educate others.

Module Objectives

1. Identify the different components of air pollution and how they are affected by climate change
2. Identify ways in which particulate matter and ozone affect human health
3. Outline the connection between climate change and oncologic risk
4. Take actions that protect the health of patients through education and advocacy