This cross-sectional study evaluated medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors regarding skin cancer in the context of climate change. Findings demonstrate gaps in climate-informed dermatology education and highlight the need for preventive curriculum integration. The study offers a template for expanding public health-oriented medical education in settings facing rising UV exposure and heat-related skin disease risk.

Speaker

Ece Karaoğlu is a final year medical student at Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara, Turkey. She is interested in how clinical practice and scientific research can complement each other.

She conducted a research project titled “Medical Students’ Knowledge and Practices Regarding Skin Cancer and Climate Change-Related Dermatological Risks” funded by TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey).

She aims to conduct multidisciplinary and evidence-based research that strengthens the link between science and clinical practice in the future.