Environmental Sustainability in Health Technology Assessment

The climate crisis poses an urgent threat, with healthcare systems like the NHS contributing significantly to carbon emissions. As healthcare decision-making evolves to address environmental challenges, integrating sustainability into health technology assessment (HTA) is critical.

This course introduces the principles of sustainable healthcare and methods for assessing environmental impacts of health technologies.

After the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe sustainability principles and the NHS’s net-zero goals.
• Use techniques to measure and evaluate environmental impacts alongside traditional health outcomes.
• Develop practical inquiries into sustainability assessment methods.
• Leverage course resources to support sustainability-focused projects.

The access period once enrolled into the course is 60 days from the date of purchase. After this duration, you will need to re-enroll if you wish to re-enter the course.

Time to complete – approximately 4-6 hours