ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 240
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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The climate and ecological crisis: What can you do in
your practice?
Terry Kemple2, A/Prof Ozden Gokdemir1, Prof Enrique Falceto de Barros4, Christian Lokotola6,
Olgu Aygun2, Dr Sankha Randenikumara7, Alan Abelshon5
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WONCA Working Party on the Environment – IUE, 2WONCA Working Party on Env RCGP
Representative for Sustainabilty, Climate Change and Green Issues, Past President RCGP, 3WONCA
Working Party on the Environment – Tahud-İzahed-Bozyaka Research and Training Hospital,
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WONCA Working Party on the Environment – Universidade de Caxias do Sul: Caxias do Sul, RS,
BR, 5WONCA Working Party on the Environment – University of Toronto: ON, ON, CA, 6WONCA
Working Party on the Environment – Planetary Health Family Medicine Stellenbosch University,
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WONCA Working Party on the Environment – Family Physician – The Family Health Clinic, Wattala,
Sri Lanka Young Doctors’ Representative of WONCA
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Summary
Most family doctors and healthcare workers care about the climate and ecological crisis. Their
problem is that they do not know what they can do about it. This session answers the question ‘What
can I do in my practice?’
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Help already exists. There are guidelines for family practice in different countries, and some of these
will be shared and discussed in this session.
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For example, since 2014, the UK’s Royal College of General Practitioners has a free Green Impact for
Health toolkit with over 100 practical actions that practices can take. The toolkit is a continuous quality
improvement process that gives the reason for taking each action, gives tips on how take the action
and maps the way to achieve being a net-zero carbon emission practice.
Timetable for the session
• Brief introduction explaining how the session will be run – five minutes
• The learning needs of attendees will be sought and documented – 10 minutes
• A video presentation that demonstrates the contents of RCGP Green Impact for health toolkit and
how it works – 10 minutes
• Presentation of other format/toolkits (eg US, Australia, New Zealand) – 10 minutes
• Q&A session including links to remote presenters – 20 minutes
• Summary and next steps to address needs of attendees – five minutes
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