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Title: | Sustainable practices in health science research: a critical reflection of doctoral students’ contributions at the fourth annual baltic sea region network in personalized health care summer school |
Authors: | Auxier, Jennifer N. Hakojärvi, Henna-Riikka Kusi - Amponsah, Abigail Schley, Angelika Gaertner, Linda Ringborg, Cecilia Haddad Sundgren, Suvi |
Issue Date: | 8-Jun-2021 |
Abstract: | Background: The concept of sustainability suggests development should maintain protective
environments for current and future generations. Healthcare practice and research within the Baltic
Sea Region, and around the world, have not implemented sustainable development indicators to
complement broader existing international goals. In the summer of 2019, European doctoral students
attended the fourth annual Baltic Sea Region Network in Personalized Health Care summer school,
themed ‘Environmental Sustainability of Healthcare Research’.
Aim: This critical reflection focuses on doctoral students’ discussions related to sustainable development
in healthcare and science, exploring a shift in approach in the context of technology use and travel.
Conclusion: Doctoral students became self-aware and critical of current practices in healthcare and
science in terms of sustainability. Existing goals for sustainable development have not been paired
with clear indicators to guide clinical and academic practices.
Implications for practice:
• Incorporating collaboration and participation into healthcare and science cultures can promote
sustainable innovation
• Research should be conducted to uncover the environmental and economic impacts of current
practices in these fields
• Clinicians and health researchers should be given indicators of sustainable development in order
to achieve existing sustainable development goals |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13874 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Health Sciences
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