The application of One Health concept to an outdoor problem-based learning activity for veterinary students
Putra, T.A. Tengku Rinalfi, Hezmee, Mohd Noor Mohd, Farhana, N.B., Hassim, H.A., Intan-Shameha, A.R., Lokman, I.H., Hamali, A. Yusof, Salisi, M.S., Ghani, A.A.A., Shahudin, M.S., Qayyum, M.A.L., Hafandi, A., Speare, R., and Fenwick, S.G. (2016) The application of One Health concept to an outdoor problem-based learning activity for veterinary students. Veterinary World, 9 (9). pp. 955-959.
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Abstract
Background: The One Health (OH) approach, which seeks to bring together human and animal health, is particularly suited to the effective management of zoonotic diseases across both sectors. To overcome professional silos, OH needs to be taught at the undergraduate level. Here, we describe a problem-based learning activity using the OH approach that was conducted outdoors for 3rd-year veterinary students in Malaysia.
Materials and Methods: A total of 118 students, divided into two groups, completed the activity which spanned 11/2 days at a deer park adjacent to a wilderness area. Students were asked to evaluate the activity using an online survey that had quantitative and qualitative components.
Results: Response rate was 69.5%. The activity was rated excellent by 69.5% and good by 30.4%. Levels of satisfaction were high on a range of criteria. 97.5% of students intended to take action in their studies as a result of what they had learned.
Conclusions: Delivery of an outdoor problem-based learning activity using OH approach was very successful in terms of participation, knowledge delivery and understanding, and the willingness of students to integrate OH into their future practice. For the improvement of future programs, the involvement of other disciplines (such as Medical, Biology, Biotechnology, Biomedical, and Public Health) is being considered.
| Item ID: | 47044 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2231-0916 |
| Keywords: | doctor of veterinary medicine, One Health, problem-based learning |
| Additional Information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
| Funders: | USAID, Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2017 07:33 |
| FoR Codes: | 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3009 Veterinary sciences > 300905 Veterinary epidemiology @ 40% 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390110 Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy @ 60% |
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