![]() ![]() Look out for the nursing pilot, which is aiming to be published on World Environment Day (5th June), alongside the medical school pilot that is currently underway in India. This year the PHRC has seen exciting developments, with the initiative being expanded into the pharmacy and nursing professions, with a pharmacy pilot report led by Ellie Self also published on Earth Day. Despite this optimism, there is still much more to do and nearly 80% of all schools are still scoring a C grade or below. Unlike last year no school achieved an F grade overall and a special mention needs to be given to Leicester Medical School, where their grade increased from a D- to a C- with nearly double their previous percentage. Keele University topped the UK table again this year with an even higher score, and was the only school to achieve an A grade. Although slightly fewer schools took part compared with last year, it is encouraging to see so much progress and engagement at schools up and down the nation and to have two new schools involved. 23 of those had improved their score from last year and two were newly participating schools – Liverpool and Buckingham Medical Schools. ![]() Staying close to home, 26 medicals school from the UK and 5 from Ireland participated this year. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare’s Sustainability Quality Improvement website is highlighted as a world-leading existing resource. Additionally, a new recommendation was added (number 8) which focused specifically on the inclusion of sustainable healthcare, in teaching and in practice. This year sustainability in healthcare has been given even more emphasis, with new metrics included on the topic. The results of all schools are collated in a Summary Report, which includes national grading tables, 15 recommendations with pertinent best current examples from different schools globally, and highlights PHRC-inspired success stories. The annual results, which were published on Earth Day, had 74 participating medical schools including expansion into Germany and Japan. There are metrics in five categories, which students complete with faculty support - curriculum, research, community outreach, student support and sustainability. The Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC), now in its third year, is a student-driven, metric-based initiative to inspire planetary health and education for sustainable healthcare (ESH) in medical schools. ![]()
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