Teaching and Learning modules – The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow
Green Podiatry Teaching (academic staff)
https://community.rcpsg.ac.uk/course/view/Green-Podiatry-Teaching-Module
Green Podiatry Learning (students)
https://community.rcpsg.ac.uk/course/view/Green-Podiatry–Learning-Module
Human health and wellbeing are fundamentally dependent on the health of our planet and the natural world. Current and future students of healthcare and medicine will be affected by climate change as clinicians, and as citizens. Whilst climate change does pose serious threats to our health, and the natural systems upon which our health depends, climate action is our greatest opportunity for better health and wellbeing. Resilient and sustainable health services are our best medicine to slow and protect us all from climate change. If this curriculum content is to achieve one thing of value, it will be that all students and graduates who engage with it, will forever live with respect for the interconnectedness of all life. Biodiversity, rather than anthropocentricity, sustains us all.
Related publications
Evans AM; Sustainable Healthcare – Time for ‘Green Podiatry’ (Commentary). J Foot Ankle Res, 14:45, 1-5, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-021-00483-7
Evans AM; ‘Green podiatry’ – reducing our carbon footprints. Lessons from a sustainability panel (Commentary). J Foot Ankle Res, 14: 59, 1-5, 2021. doi.org/10.1186/s13047-021-00497-1
Evans AM; Incorporating ‘Green Podiatry’ into your clinic and into your life, J Foot Ankle Res 15, 87 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-022-00591-y
Evans, A.M. Stepping up for Climate Change and Health: The Three Pillars of Green Podiatry. Preprints 2023, 2023091311. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1311.v1
Chicharro-Luna E, Gijón-Nogueron G, Evans AMF, Martínez-Nova A; Evaluating sustainability awareness and practices in podiatry clinics in Spain: a path toward a healthy and sustainable future. Health Policy and Technology 13, Nov, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100940
Evans AMF: Green podiatry and climate change: putting health before healthcare to avert diabetic foot disease. Special Issue: Research on Podiatric Medicine and Healthcare (pre-print) https://www.mdpi.com/journal/healthcare/special_issues/SNOG561390