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Symposium on Climate Change and Clinical Practice
March 28 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Join stakeholders from across the spectrum of clinical practice and healthcare operations to consider the implications of the climate crisis on our health systems.
This free symposium will provide a full day of learning, network development, and practical exploration of key topics such as disaster preparedness, capacity management, specialty-specific changes in clinical practice, and decarbonization of the clinical environment.
In addition to a full agenda of panels of experts in the field, Tim Dellit, MD, CEO, UW Medicine, will kick off the symposium and Victor Dzau, MD, President, United States National Academy of Medicine, will give the keynote address.
This event is for:
- Clinical practitioners and support staff
- Health care operations
- Medical students
- Climate policy makers & advocates
- Medical residents and fellows
- Medical maintenance and facilities professionals
- Allied health students and faculty in medicine, social work, nursing, pharmacy and more!
Symposium will cover:
- Critical, evidence-based learnings
- Practical applications
- Network development with climate change concerned peers
- Climate and health curricular development and dissemination
Topics related to climate change:
- Disaster preparedness
- Planetary health
- Capacity management
- Specialty-specific changes in clinical practice
- Decarbonization of the clinical environment
- Medical waste management
- And more!