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Sustainability in orthopaedic physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Sustainability in orthopaedic physiotherapy and rehabilitation

by Annie Palstam | Nov 8, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, SDGs

With the goal of decarbonization and carbon neutrality in the health sectors of many countries by 2050, health professionals must implement systemic changes in clinical practice to reduce carbon use, whilst meeting equity targets and improving health outcomes. Methods...
An evidence-based guide for decarbonizing physiotherapy clinics

An evidence-based guide for decarbonizing physiotherapy clinics

by David Duindam | Oct 25, 2022 | Clinic Design, Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability

Climate change is the largest threat to human health and wellbeing globally (WHO, 2021). The healthcare industry itself currently contributes to fuelling the climate crisis with its emissions and material consumption (Karliner et al., 2020). There has been much...
Observations from being an environmental coordinator at a Norwegian hospital

Observations from being an environmental coordinator at a Norwegian hospital

by Pal Vermedal-Skjold | Jul 4, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability

Three years ago I was appointed as “environmental coordinator” of the physiotherapy department at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, in addition to working full time as a physiotherapist in the burns centre of the hospital. The goal is for every...
Launching our new EPIC Environmental physiotherapy in the clinic resources

Launching our new EPIC Environmental physiotherapy in the clinic resources

by Filip Maric | Mar 24, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, SDGs

Environmental physiotherapy has made great strides as the newest field in our profession over the last two and a half years thanks to the incessant efforts, passion and collaboration of an incredibly quickly growing critical mass of environmental physiotherapy...
Is Environmental Healthcare Feasible for the U.S. Healthcare System?

Is Environmental Healthcare Feasible for the U.S. Healthcare System?

by Jacklyn Regan | Feb 10, 2022 | Environmental Sustainability, Students in EPT

U.S. American healthcare is a huge business. The U.S. “spends the most of any nation by far on its health care system, nearly one-fifth of GDP, “which makes it a trillion-dollar business (1). Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, author of An American Sickness, explains that...
Én helse, bærekraft og fysioterapi med hest

Én helse, bærekraft og fysioterapi med hest

by Tobba Sudmann | Jan 26, 2022 | Animals in PT, Environmental Sustainability, Human-Animal Relations, One Health, SDGs

I en nylig publisert podcast diskuterer Professor Tobba Sudmann folkehelse og bærekraft. Sudmann er fysioterapeut, så bærekraft og fysioterapi bli tatt opp med jevne mellomrom.  Hun er opptatt av sammenhengen mellom hvordan vi lever, hva vi gjør og hvordan vi tenker...
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