PHRC (Planetary Health Report Card)
1. What is PHRC (Planetary Health Report Card)?
The Planetary Health Report Card was developed in 2019 as a criteria-based tool aimed at evaluating and improving planetary health content and practices in healthcare educational institutions. Initiated by students at the University of California School of Medicine, this initiative aims to highlight the strengths and areas for improvement in environmental sustainability within institutions, raise awareness of planetary health, and encourage both students and institutions to take environmental awareness and action.
At each participating institution, student-led teams mentored by faculty members evaluate their faculty according to PHRC criteria. Academic and administrative units collaborate throughout the process; the findings are shared in an international report published annually on Earth Day. This allows institutions to track their progress in planetary health and sustainability on a global scale.
The concept of "planetary health" encompasses the multifaceted impacts of the environment on human health. These impacts manifest themselves through factors such as climate change, air and water pollution, biodiversity loss, land-use changes, and natural resource scarcity. As a result of these changes, the spread of infectious diseases is expanding, premature deaths are increasing due to air pollution and extreme heat, and mental health problems are becoming increasingly common. Therefore, as future healthcare professionals, we need to both understand the effects of human-induced environmental changes on patients and learn how to minimize the environmental impact of healthcare services.
Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy bears the responsibility of being the first pharmacy faculty in Turkey to participate in the PHRC process. Starting from the 2023-2024 academic year, our PHRC team, consisting of students and academic advisors, will continue to evaluate our faculty and curriculum annually according to PHRC parameters, as they have done this year, in order to raise awareness of planetary health, contribute to sustainability goals, and instill a sense of environmental responsibility in pharmacy education.
We believe that being part of this initiative will make valuable contributions to our education, our future, and our planet by raising awareness of planetary health in health education.
2. Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy PHRC 2025 Report
PHRC evaluates institutions under five main headings:
1. Curriculum
2. Interdisciplinary Research in health and environmental fields
3. Community Outreach & Advocacy
4. Support for Student-Led Initiatives
5. Campus Sustainability
As a result of these evaluations, Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy's grades have improved from D+ in the 2024 report to C in the 2025 report.
You can access the Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy 2025 PHRC report via the following link:
https://phreportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Hacettepe-University_2025_PHARM.pdf
The table below provides a statistical analysis of the progress between the reports we prepared for the 2023–2024 period and those we prepared for the 2024–2025 period.
3. PHRC Team and Stakeholders
Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy PHRC Team:
Academic Coordinators: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilge SÖZEN ŞAHNE, Prof. Dr. Mine DURUSU TANRIÖVER
Team Members for the 2025-2026 Academic Year: Başak Sevim ERTEN, Ece AYDIN, Elif KÜÇÜKARSLAN, Elif SOYBİLGİN, Elifsu KAHRAMAN, Melek Özlem ARPACI, Sedanur BOLAT
4. External Stakeholders/International Relations
To learn more about the PHRC initiative and to closely follow our report to be published in 2025-2026, please use the link below.
5. Contact
If you would like to contact the Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy team or contribute to their research with your knowledge, you can reach us at the following email address:
6. Student Participation
Every year at the beginning of the fall semester, we share a registration form on our Instagram account. If you wish, we would be happy to see interested students from our faculty among us. You can access our Instagram account via the link below:
https://www.instagram.com/huef_phrc/
7. PHRC in the press:
You can access news articles and reports about our team, as well as learn more about us, through the links below:
https://gazete.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/haber/phrc_raporunda_hacettepe_imzasi-768
https://surdurulebilirkalkinma.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr
https://www.huefpharmacos.com/2-sayi
8. Archive
Past PHRC reports can be accessed via the following links:
Faculty of Pharmacy:
https://phreportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PHARMACY-Hacettepe-University-2023-24.pdf
SOME PHOTOS AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS
(PHRC Emblem)
(PHRC Emblem + Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy)
(Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy PHRC Team for the 2025-2026 Academic Year)
(The table below represents Hacettepe University's position among all national and international pharmacy faculties participating in PHRC. The leaf symbol next to the university names indicates that we received a higher score in the 2024-2025 period compared to the 2023-2024 period, in short, that we have improved and our total score has increased.)
(The tables below show the scores (A+ and F- bands) that the Faculty of Pharmacy and the entire university received according to the criteria examined by PHRC in the report we wrote for the 2024-2025 period.)
