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Led by students, a nascent climate movement is taking hold in medical education
When Cecilia Sorensen was an emergency medicine resident practicing at Denver Health in Colorado a few years ago, summer was known as “trauma season.” Gunshot and motor vehicle accident victims, people with heart attacks and COPD would stream into the ER. Later, on a fellowship, she witnessed the health impacts of drought in Syria.
The common driver, she realized, was climate change and its impact, both locally and globally.
