Working to transform our institutions
The Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) was developed as an institutional advocacy tool in 2019 by a group of medical students at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. The PHRC is a student-driven metric-based tool that aims to evaluate health professional schools on discrete metrics in five main category areas: 1) Curriculum, 2) Interdisciplinary research in health and environment, 3) Community outreach and advocacy 4) Support for student-led initiatives and 5) Campus sustainability. Since its founding, the PHRC community has grown to encompass 15 countries and over 105 medical schools. As it has spread across the world, it has left many examples of institutional change in its wake. Though initially developed by medical students to evaluate medical schools, the report card is now being adapted for and piloted in nursing and pharmacy training programs, catalyzing interprofessional collaboration.
the report card grades medical schools on the following domains:
- Planetary Health Curriculum
- Interdisciplinary Research in Health and Environment
- Community Outreach & Advocacy
- Support for Student-Led Planetary Health Initiatives
- Campus Sustainability
- Contact phreportcard@gmail.com
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future 