Sustainable Respiratory Care
This course offers an overview of the relationship between human health and the climate and ecological crises, with a focus on respiratory health. It demonstrates how the health system is vulnerable to, but also contributes to, climate change and ecological degradation, examines the specific contribution of inhalers to carbon emissions and other environmental impacts & explores how to develop a more sustainable approach to respiratory healthcare whilst maintaining or improving quality of care.
Description
The course also highlights the leadership role healthcare staff can play in the transformation towards a system that works for all, within planetary boundaries.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Describe the risks the global environmental crisis presents to human health and healthcare systems.
- Describe the contribution of the health sector, and respiratory care in particular, to the global environmental crisis.
- Identify carbon hotspots and understand the basic principles of carbon footprinting and sustainability in quality improvement.
- Explain how to deliver respiratory care sustainably and how this could help to address existing challenges in the healthcare system.
- Apply the principles of sustainability to planning a sustainability project in your workplace.
Course Structure
This course is delivered in three parts:
- Self-study online
- Live workshop online
- Ongoing Mentoring
Contact details
Email address
Telephone number
01865515811
Education Provider
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH)
77 active educational opportunities
Cranbrook House, 287-291 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7JQ
This course offers an overview of the relationship between human health and the climate and ecological crises, with a focus on respiratory health. It demonstrates how the health system is vulnerable to, but also contributes to, climate change and ecological degradation, examines the specific contribution of inhalers to carbon emissions and other environmental impacts & explores how to develop a more sustainable approach to respiratory healthcare whilst maintaining or improving quality of care.
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