Duration
30h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Specialised master in the integrated management of health risks in the Global South | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This teaching unit aims at bringing integrated knowledges (between medical and veterinary fields) on a selection of animal diseases with a significant impact on human health. This is not a comprehensive approach; indeed a few diseases with an important impact and/or which are neglected will be illustrated. Several examples will be selected dialing with different groups of pathogens (viruses, bacteria and parasites).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The students with different educational backgrounds (medicine, vétérinary medicine, agronomy) will have the opportunity to widen their vision and integrate a "One Health" approach based on a few relevant examples.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
General principles in biology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology. Aptitude for the collection of relevant scientific information and the reading of scientific English.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A combination of lectures ans practicals
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face to face teaching
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Relevant references provided by the different teachers. Teaching material posted on E-Campus.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Each student of the Master will have to make a Power Point presentation type of 15 to 20 minutes and addressing aspects "One Health" on a disease present in her/his country of origin. Emphasis will be placed on the ability to collect specific data, analyzing them and return them synthetically in front of an appropriate jury.
Work placement(s)
Irrelevant
Organizational remarks
None
Contacts
Prof. B. Losson
blosson@ulg.ac.be
Secretariat : 04/3664092 - jcollard@ulg.ac.be