BMJ Best Practice is used as a source of continuous professional development (CPD) for healthcare professionals. It is accredited for CPD by many institutions around the world. Traditional face-to-face CPD often requires travel to national or international conferences and this has an environmental impact. Using BMJ Best Practice for CPD can save on this travel and resultant impact. We would not recommend that healthcare professionals do all their learning online but climate impact should be one factor among many in deciding on the format of CPD. Even doing some CPD online and saving on travel will have an impact.
These are just a few examples of how BMJ Best Practice can have an impact on climate. We plan to do much more in the future. We also plan to evaluate the impact of what we do. (6) If you have any suggestions about what more we could do, we would love to hear from you. Please email kmwalsh@bmj.com.
Competing interests
KW and CB work for BMJ.
References
1. Stancliffe R, Eling J, Barker J. Climate change is a clear and present danger to health, says UKHSA BMJ 2024; 384 :q66 2. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(24)00048-2/fulltex t
3. Abbasi K. Climate change: defeating misinformation with trusted knowledge BMJ 2024; 387 :q2211
4. https://www.greenerpractice.co.uk/information-and-resources/information-for-patients/inhalers/
5. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(20)30271-0/fulltext
6. Walsh K. E-learning in medical education: the potential environmental impact Education for Primary Care 29 (2), 104-106
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