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, Fenwick S G
Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville 4811, Australia; Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Tufts University, Greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Vet World. 2016 Sep;9(9):955-959. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.955-959. Epub 2016 Sep 10.
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 3-year veterinary students in Malaysia.
A total of 118 students, divided into two groups, completed the activity which spanned 1½ 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.
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.
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.
“同一健康”(OH)方法旨在将人类和动物健康结合起来,特别适用于跨部门有效管理人畜共患病。为了打破专业壁垒,OH需要在本科阶段进行教授。在此,我们描述了一项在马来西亚为三年级兽医学生开展的、采用OH方法在户外进行的基于问题的学习活动。
总共118名学生分为两组,在一个毗邻荒野地区的鹿园完成了为期1.5天的活动。要求学生通过一项包含定量和定性部分的在线调查对该活动进行评估。
回复率为69.5%。69.5%的学生将该活动评为优秀,30.4%评为良好。在一系列标准上,满意度较高。97.5%的学生打算根据所学在学习中采取行动。
就参与度、知识传授与理解以及学生将OH融入未来实践的意愿而言,采用OH方法开展户外基于问题的学习活动非常成功。为改进未来项目,正在考虑让其他学科(如医学、生物学、生物技术、生物医学和公共卫生)参与进来。