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ArticleFuture healthcare journal2025

Estimating CO

Luke Coakham, Nihal Sogandji, Amy Stuart, Magnus Macleod, Faris Khan, Amina Ali, Christine Agbenu, Yuhui Zhou, Martin Tam, Edward Lau and 4 more

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Article in Future healthcare journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The all-encompassing vision ofFuture healthcare journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Luke CoakhamSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nihal SogandjiSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Amy StuartSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Magnus MacleodSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Faris KhanSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Amina AliSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Christine AgbenuSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Yuhui ZhouSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Martin TamSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Edward LauPublic Health Education Group, Public Health and Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Arthur HibblePublic Health Education Group, Public Health and Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
James N SmithPublic Health Education Group, Public Health and Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Anmol AroraSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Charlotte TuliniusSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Electives are short placements during medical school lasting 2-8 weeks, serving as an opportunity to engage with different healthcare systems and cultures and to travel overseas. However, amid increasing alarm about climate change, interest in the sustainability of electives and alternative elective formats are gaining attention. Methods: A scoping review of MEDLINE, Embase, ERIC, Web of Science SCOPUS, WHO Globus Index Medicus and Scielo was conducted with double-blind screening to identify previous efforts to quantify carbon costs of electives. To quantify the carbon dioxide (CO Results: The review did not identify any previous studies estimating the environmental costs of medical student electives. All of the 7,575 records revealed by the database search were excluded following full-text screening. Our estimates of the CO Conclusion: This is the first study to quantify the carbon footprint of international medical electives. Our bespoke calculations, which generally agree with the results from established tools, reveal that CO

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Clinical educationCurriculum designMedical schoolSustainabilityVirtual electives

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PMID40896304
PMCPMC12395515

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