Our Initiatives
We run a number of different projects that both students and faculty can get involved in. Projects run throughout the year, and welcome new team members at any stage.If you have a new project idea, please get in touch at any point.
Active Travel
In 2023, our first student travel survey identified that most WMS students travelled to campus and placement via car. As a result, thet team sought national lottery funding to purchase cycling safety equipment (e.g. bike lights, puncture repair kits) for students wishing to cycle, and organised guided cycle rides to local placement hospitals.
Horticulture
We also have a thriving vegetable patch at WMS which staff and students have been havresting over the summer!
Students also founded a Community Gardening Project in the local are for people who are unable to mantain their gardens.
We also occasionally hold House Plant swaps and sales to raise funds for worthwhile causes and encourage sustainable propagation.
Education
Since the WMS Sustainability Network was founded, students and staff have been working together to update the WMS Graduate Medicine (MBChB) core and elective curriculums to include more planetary health and sustainability content. For example, new lectures exploring how climate change is affecting health (and how healthcare providers can respond to this) have been introduced.
See our latest PHRC report under our Publications and Reports section for more details.
Sustainable Prescribing
Sustainable prescribing aims to reduce the environmental impact of medication by optimizing their use, minimising waste, and choosing eco-conscious alternatives where possible. It aims tro strike the balance between patient-centred care and sustainability.
We have formed links with the local group 'Greener Practices Coventry and WarwickshireLink opens in a new window' and have helped to update the WMS curriculum (see above, far right) to explore sustainable prescribing.
Recycling
You can now recycle empty medication blister packs at the MTC reception, in collaboration with the Gibbett Hill Green Action Team
Additional recycling of soft plastics and empty toothpaste tubes can be found in the SLS atrium.
Second Hand Scrubs
We hold regular scrubs donation drives for graduating WMS students to donate their no longer needed scrubs to be re-used by other students. More re-using and less washing for us all!
New Project Ideas
We are always interested to hear any new project ideas or special interests that you may have.
Please do get in touch and send us an email about what your project idea involves, any experience or expertise you have in the area, and your vision for the project.
From here we will set up an initial meeting to discuss how the project will work, any funding and resources needed, and what support you may need to get it up and running.
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