Courses

This course addresses fundamentals and current topics in veterinary public health, preventive medicine, food safety, reportable diseases and zoonoses. Students will evaluate methods to prevent and control health risks in both animal and human populations, and to assess and mitigate risks in animals, humans and the environment. Risk associated with occupational and environmental health conditions experienced globally by veterinarians in everyday operations including regulatory, trade and advisory bodies will be assessed.

Course Director: Ray Munguia-Vazquez, MD, MSc, PhD
Email: munguiar@iu.edu
Phone: 765-496-6008
Primary contact for Adds/Drops: Casey McDonald
Email: camcdo@iu.edu
Home campus: West Lafayette
Type of course: Hybrid

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, a student will be able to:

1. Identify and mitigate risks to human and animal health encountered by the veterinary profession and others through direct and indirect animal contacts (e.g. food, meat, milk) (SBP1, IPCS2).
2. Demonstrate awareness of the many different human-animal-environment interfaces where transmission of zoonotic diseases can occur (e.g. workplace settings, companion animals within the home, interaction with wildlife through recreational activities, foodborne and waterborne disease contexts, etc. (SPB3, MK2, MK3).
3. Communicate about risks pertaining to environmental hazards and zoonotic disease to professional and lay audiences (SBP2).
4. Critically evaluate data and scientific reports related to one health (SBP3).
5. Identify emerging and exotic disease of animals and understand appropriate responses to them (MK2).

Course activities: Attend lectures, participate in follow-up discussion, give and receive constructive feedback, complete assignments, and deliver a short project based on their completed learning modules

Estimated time distribution: Lecture/Seminar (70%), Online (10%), and Laboratory or Scholarly Research (20%)

Assessments: Zoonotic disease project (40%), participation (20%), assignments (40%)

Prerequisites: First year status and Scholarly Concentration enrollment

Interprofessional collaboration: Yes, with the Purdue veterinary school’s students and faculty.

Through this speaker series and interactive group discussions, students will engage with experts and each other to practice ethical literacy in the context of the established One Health initiatives of antimicrobial resistance, comparative oncology, environmental health and zoonoses.

Course Director: Ray Munguia-Vazquez, MD, MSc, PhD
Email: munguiar@iu.edu
Phone: 765-496-6008
Primary contact for Adds/Drops: Casey McDonald
Email: camcdo@iu.edu
Home campus: West Lafayette
Type of course: Hybrid

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, a student will be able to:

1. Critically appraise scientific publications related to zoonotic diseases in order to explain fundamental features of public health and apply knowledge of epidemiology of diseases to population-based approaches for preventing, detecting, and reducing the incidence and prevalence of the disease (SBP3).
2. Communicate about risks pertaining to environmental hazards and zoonotic diseases to professional and lay audiences (SBP2).
3. Critically evaluate data and scientific reports related to one health (SBP3).
4. Communicate One Health concepts and research findings effectively to scientific and lay audiences (MK2).

Course activities: Attend lectures, participate in follow-up discussion, give and receive constructive feedback, complete assignments and deliver a short seminar based on their completed learning modules. 

Estimated time distribution: Lecture/Seminar (70%), Laboratory or Scholarly Research (20%), and Online (10%)

Assessments: Seminar attendance (40%), participation (20%), assignments (40%)

Prerequisites: Second year status and Scholarly Concentration enrollment

Interprofessional collaboration: Yes, with the Purdue veterinary school’s students and faculty.