The Sustainable Healthcare Education (SHE) Network is convening a national consultation on priority learning outcomes (PLOs) for sustainability in medical education, which has been prompted by the General Medical Council.
Round 1 - the online consultation - is now open until 4th April 2013 and can be found at:
http://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/educating-sustainable-healthcare-consultation-questionnaire
Help is sought in refining the PLOs, which trace a path from global environmental awareness to practical action in the workplace. We are particularly keen to hear from medical educators and students, trainee doctors and those involved in curriculum development - no prior knowledge of sustainability required! Responses from anyone with an interest in the future of the health service are also welcomed.
Please circulate this notice to anyone who may be interested. We estimate it will take around 30 minutes to read the outcomes and complete the questionnaire.
The findings from Round 1 will be summarised and form the basis of Round 2, which will include a meeting of the expert group in London on 30th April.
We are hugely appreciative of your time and attention.
SHE Network Curriculum Working Group
To consider how the consultation on priority sustainability learning outcomes is relevant to you and your medical school, we recommend inviting medical school faculty to a focus group to devise a response from your medical school. You can email the Priority Learning Outcomes document out in your invitation. Bring copies of the response questionnaire to the meeting, and with a small group of participants discussing the objectives may provoke interesting debate. About an hour and a half is likely to be long enough to work through all the questions as long as you stay focused, with a good facilitator and note taker.
If your focus group includes key members of your medical school staff or if you are able to gain approval from key medical school faculty, you may be able to give a response on behalf of the medical school. If not, you can present your response as a group or as individuals which is also very valuable.
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