Study Programmes 2016-2017
VETE0489-1  
Prevention of emerging diseases
Duration :
20h Th, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits :
Specialised master in specialised veterinary medicine3
Lecturer :
Laurent Gillet, Pascal Hendrikx, Claude Saegerman, Alain Vanderplasschen
Coordinator :
Claude Saegerman
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Prevention and control of emerging diseases:
- System of surveillance and good governance
- immunological aspects related to emerging diseases
- Medical prophylaxis with emphasis to the vaccination
- Sanitary prophylaxis
 
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
- Understand epidemiosurveillance networks and their governance. - Being able to provide options for prevention, and management of an emerging disease. - Understand the basics of immunology related to emerging diseases - Understand the basics of vaccination as a tool for control of an emerging disease.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basic principles in infectiology.
Basic knowledge of infectious diseases and epidemiology of infectious and zoonotic diseases.
 
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Interactive course.
Learning problem solving.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face.
 
Recommended or required readings :
Notes available on eCampus.
 
Assessment methods and criteria :
General and transversal question to solve concerning emerging diseases.
 
Work placement(s) :
Non
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof. Claude SaegermanE-mail: Claude.Saegerman@ulg.ac.be
Prof. Laurent Gillet
E-mail: l.gillet@ulg.ac.be
Prof. Alain Vanderplasschen
E-mail: a.vdplasschen@ulg.ac.be
Dr. Pascal Hendrikx
E-mail: Pascal.HENDRIKX@anses.fr
 
Items online :
Prevention of emerging diseases
Power point presentations.