After completing this course, you'll be able to:

• Define planetary health, and recognize its relevance to psychiatric education and clinical practice
• Describe climate change, including how and why the climate is changing, and how it's predicted to change in the future
• Understand how climate change adversely impacts human health, with a focus on mental health outcomes
• Identify which populations are made vulnerable to adverse health impacts of climate change, with a focus on older adults and persons with mental illness
• Formulate a plan to implement strategies to mitigate climate change and the adverse health impacts of climate change in the psychiatric care of older adults and persons with mental illness
• Identify further readings and resources related to climate change and vulnerable populations

Emma Gregory, MD, PGY6 Resident, Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Ana Hategan, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, McMaster University

Anthony J. Levinson, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Psychiatry, McMaster University

This e-learning activity is a form of self-study using enduring materials (e-learning modules) as defined by the Maintenance of Proficiency (Mainpro+®) Program of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). Self-study using e-learning modules is included under the Non-Certified Self-Learning credit category. Any non-certified activity is generally eligible for one non-certified credit per hour.

This e-learning activity is a form of self-study using enduring materials (e-learning modules) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Self-study using e-learning modules is included as an example of a Section 2 activity. Reviewing enduring materials is generally valued at 0.5 credit per topic. However, additional research/self-study using the e-learning can also be submitted as Personal Learning Projects (PLPs) where you will earn two (2) credits per hour.