Planetary Health Teaching Clinic

Planetary Health Teaching Clinic
12 May 2026 Sunway University, JCSMS Skills Centre Organiser: Sir Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School Education Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
A semester-long teaching clinic embedding planetary-health case studies into the Year 3 medical curriculum, co-taught with community clinicians.
Issue addressed
Health outcomes shaped by environmental and social determinants.
FMLS / Sunway University's contribution
Expertise, teaching staff time, laboratory access and student volunteers from FMLS.
Outputs
Teaching materials, a dataset and a set of practice guidelines.
Outcomes / influence / impact
Practice changes adopted by partner clinics; follow-up funding secured.

Project details

FMLS / 黑料社role
Organiser
Expert
Participants / key stakeholders
FMLS academic staff, students, clinical partners and community representatives.
External partners
Sunway Medical Centre; Petaling Jaya City Council; My Green Lab.
Beneficiaries
Students, community members and healthcare partners.
Reach
Approximately 400 participants across three organisations.
Web links
Sustainable Development Goals
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Planetary Health Teaching Clinic
Category
Education
School / Department / Entity
Activity date
Location
Sunway University, JCSMS Skills Centre
Organiser / host
Sir Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School
Activities / programme description
A semester-long teaching clinic embedding planetary-health case studies into the Year 3 medical curriculum, co-taught with community clinicians.
Participants / key stakeholders
FMLS academic staff, students, clinical partners and community representatives.
FMLS / Sunway University's role
Organiser
Expert
External partners
Sunway Medical Centre; Petaling Jaya City Council; My Green Lab.
SDGs
03 Good Health and Well Being
04 Quality Education
13 Climate Action
Issue addressed
Health outcomes shaped by environmental and social determinants.
Beneficiaries
Students, community members and healthcare partners.
Reach
Approximately 400 participants across three organisations.
FMLS / Sunway University's contribution
Expertise, teaching staff time, laboratory access and student volunteers from FMLS.
Outputs
Teaching materials, a dataset and a set of practice guidelines.
Outcomes / influence / impact
Practice changes adopted by partner clinics; follow-up funding secured.