Climate emergencies have the potential to reshape disease patterns, disrupt health‑care systems, and widen health inequities. Recognizing this context, the Fall 2025 IAMSE Webinar Series, Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education…Surviving the Storm and After, brings together educators and clinicians who have navigated extreme weather, rebuilt disrupted institutions, and embedded planetary‑health competencies into educational programs. Across five sessions, the series will examine how those in health professions education can prepare learners to care for patients and the planet amid accelerating environmental change.
Join us this Fall to explore actionable strategies, share emerging scholarship, and learn how to educate future clinicians who can diagnose, manage, and prevent the health consequences of environmental disasters.
Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.
Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education… Surviving the Storm and After
Join us for each one-hour session beginning Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12 PM EDT. Sessions in the Fall 2025 series include:
- September 4, 12:00 PM EDT – Are We There Yet? Climate Change and Health in Medical Education, presented by Adrian Cois, Oregon Health Science University, and Karla Hampshire, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- September 11, 12:00 PM EDT – Environmental Crisis and Disasters…Surviving the Storm and After, presented by Sean Ochsenbein, Ballad Health
- September 18, 12:00 PM EDT – Challenges in Rebuilding: Lessons Learned after Major Storms, presented by Julie Taylor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, and Cecilia Sorensen, Columbia University
- September 25, 12:00 PM EDT- Educating for Change: Education’s Role in Addressing the Climate and Health Crisis, presented by Jyoti Mishra, University of California San Diego, Arianne Teherani, University of California San Francisco and University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity
- October 2, 12:00 PM EDT – Preparing Physicians for Planetary Change, presented by James Irlam, UCT Faculty of Health Sciences
More information about each of these sessions and presenters will be sent out a week before each session. Keep an eye on your inbox!
Questions regarding the registration process, specifically for institutions, or other FAQs about the Fall 2025 WAS Series can be found by clicking here.
As always, IAMSE Student Members can register for the series for FREE!
If you are an IAMSE student member, please contact support@iamse.org for information about registering at no cost.