Grand Rounds: BCH Oakland

“Children's Health and Climate Change: Supporting Physical and Mental Health”

Presented by:

Talitha Amadea Aho, BCC, Chaplain – UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and

Naomi Bardach, MD, MAS, Pediatrician - UCSF Department of Pediatrics

Planners expect learners to:

1. Describe the multiple roles of the pediatric clinician in addressing climate change and health and identify potential areas for action, including considerations of implicit bias.

2. Describe common mental health issues related to the climate crisis.

3. Identify patients in spiritual crisis related to climate change and refer them for appropriate spiritual care support. 

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For CME credit, online evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds.  Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.