10 things a doctor can do to combat climate change

Dr Kat Ralston and Dr Sarah Bartlett discuss free e-learning on the '10 things a doctor can do to combat climate change' initiative from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh's College Advisory Forum on the Environment (CAFE).

This initiative has featured in The BMJ, the College's journal JRCPE and in Scotland's Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report.

Dr Sarah Bartlett is Co-Chair of RCPE's CAFE with Dr Marion Slater, and Registrar in Geriatric Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Stroke in Edinburgh.

Dr Kat Ralston is a Geriatric Medicine Registrar and member of the RCPE Trainees and Members’ Committee, currently working in Edinburgh.

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CAFE '10 things...' e-learning
https://learning.rcpe.ac.uk/10things

Last podcast episode: Sustainability - be lazy to save the planet
https://podcasts.rcpe.ac.uk/show/clinical-conversations/sustainability-be-lazy-to-save-the-planet-30-oct-2023/

CAFE '10 things...' in The BMJ
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2650

CAFE '10 things...' in JRCPE
https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715231158878

CAFE '10 things...' in CMO Annual Report (page 56)
https://www.gov.scot/publications/realistic-medicine-doing-right-thing-cmo-annual-report-2022-2023/

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RCPE Fellows & Members can explore planetary health content on the Education Portal: https://learning.rcpe.ac.uk/tag/index.php?tc=1&tag=Planetary%20Health&ta=2&excl=1

Recording dates: 23 August 2023 (Dr Bartlett) and 3 November 2023 (Dr Ralston)

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