Health, Wellbeing and Education for Sustainability: Lessons for HE from the health professions
Date
15 May 2015
12:30 - 14:15
Venue
Fullwood House Room FW013, The Park University of Gloucestershire
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UNU RCE Severn has the pleasure of hosting Stefi Barna from the University of East Anglia.
Considerable work has been done over the past five years to frame health as a sustainability concern in HE. A year-long consultation involving UK medical schools, medical Royal Colleges, post-graduate deaneries and medical organisations has resulted in three simple learning objectives which serve to communicate the role that health students should take in bringing about a more environmentally and socially sustainable world.
Framing education for sustainability as a health issue across HE also has advantages for teaching in other disciplines. This seminar will explore the ways in which these learning objectives can be embedded into health curricula without adding to the curricular load, and what lessons may be transferable to other academic disciplines.
Stefi Barna, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Stefi Barna is a Lecturer in Global Public Health at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK . She is also Assistant Professor of Public Health and Sustainability in the School of Liberal Studies Azim Premji University, India . She co-directs the Network of Public Health Educators in Medical Schools, the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network and the HEA Green Academy ESD project 'Future Skills’. She works internationally on curriculum design for sustainability and has received grants and awards for collaboration with students, with community members, and across Faculties.
For more information contact Meg Baker, RCE Severn Coordinator: [email protected] / 01242 715394. Please RSVP Barbara Rainbow, Sustainability Coordinator and Administrator, as food will be available: [email protected]/ 01242 715395
Considerable work has been done over the past five years to frame health as a sustainability concern in HE. A year-long consultation involving UK medical schools, medical Royal Colleges, post-graduate deaneries and medical organisations has resulted in three simple learning objectives which serve to communicate the role that health students should take in bringing about a more environmentally and socially sustainable world.
Framing education for sustainability as a health issue across HE also has advantages for teaching in other disciplines. This seminar will explore the ways in which these learning objectives can be embedded into health curricula without adding to the curricular load, and what lessons may be transferable to other academic disciplines.
Stefi Barna, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia
Stefi Barna is a Lecturer in Global Public Health at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK . She is also Assistant Professor of Public Health and Sustainability in the School of Liberal Studies Azim Premji University, India . She co-directs the Network of Public Health Educators in Medical Schools, the Sustainable Healthcare Education Network and the HEA Green Academy ESD project 'Future Skills’. She works internationally on curriculum design for sustainability and has received grants and awards for collaboration with students, with community members, and across Faculties.
For more information contact Meg Baker, RCE Severn Coordinator: [email protected] / 01242 715394. Please RSVP Barbara Rainbow, Sustainability Coordinator and Administrator, as food will be available: [email protected]/ 01242 715395
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