Sin Ting Chu, Dickson K W Chiu, Kevin K W Ho
Using infographics in disseminating healthy lifestyle information on social media is likely to increase uptake and sharing
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climate change single biggest health threat facing humanity direct indirect impacts mental health yet health impacts climate change remain notably absent medical school curricula describe timely interactive educational session climate change mental health implemented studied medical student clinical psychiatry rotation developed 1hour introductory session mental health impacts climate change potential solutions session delivered thirdyear medical students 4week clinical psychiatry rotation included pre postsession survey questions assessing knowledge comfort readiness regarding topic seventy students participated session 49 students completing pre postsession surveys giving response rate 70 average score four likertscale questions survey increased 27 presession 39 postsession 5point scale 1 strongly disagree 5 strongly agree questions displayed statistically significant improvement qualitative analysis identified knowledge gained mental health impacts climate change important aspect session students introductory session effectively filled urgent need medical education curricula regarding climate changes effects human health overall distribution improvement upon timely teaching content serve valuable role medical student education effects climate change particularly mental health continue progress throughout century