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Abstract Introduction Family doctors are already required to address the profound physical and mental health impacts of climate change. Some European countries such as the UK are beginning to incorporate Planetary Health into the medical and postgraduate family doctor curriculum to equip future GPs with the skills to manage these impacts. However, qualified GPs who have completed their training may not have received any formal teaching on Planetary Health and will have missed this important aspect of general practice. We explore the current integration of Planetary Health for European Family Doctors training curriculum. Methods This study is a scoping review based on Arksey and O'Malley's methodology, and Levac et al's methodological enhancement. The approach for this review will be adopted from the systematic protocol published by Moloo et al. 2022. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) will be used to guide the reporting of the scoping review. Discussion This scoping review will examine the current integration of planetary health into postgraduate family medicine training and continued professional development, globally. Outcomes will be categorised within the domains of the Planetary Health Education Framework, which incorporates concepts of systems thinking, social justice and interconnection within nature as they apply to education for planetary health. To our knowledge, no other review has been published which addresses this research question. This review will be the first step to formally identify the current landscape of planetary health education for family medicine trainees, and will be used to inform a stakeholder consensus process in the ongoing development of a live “Planetary Health in General Practice” information catalogue and online dashboard. The results will be disseminated through a peer-reviewed publication and conference presentations. Trial registration This protocol has been registered in Open Science Framework: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DX5PG Ethics and dissemination As no intervention or patient recruitment will be required, research ethics board approval is not applicable. We plan to disseminate our results via publication in a peer-reviewed journal or conference presentation.
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