Climate Change & Environmental Justice Clinical Elective

PD 537M.7 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

This 2-week elective experience provides medical students with a unique opportunity to collaborate with the Region 1 New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU), a federal network of specialty centers that provide education and consultation for parents, communities, health care providers and public health agencies on children and reproductive environmental health, climate change and environmental justice issues. During this elective, students will learn to take an environmental history and field clinical questions regarding childhood/prenatal environmental exposures (such as lead, pesticides, air pollution), under the guidance of physicians trained in Environmental Pediatrics. Students will also rotate with physicians and public health professionals that integrate environmental considerations into their programs. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in clinical evaluations, educational seminars and lectures, meetings with representatives from public health agencies, and home visits to evaluate for environmental hazards. Opportunity may be available to assist in ongoing research and advocacy projects.