Medical Student, One Health Interest Group, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (SK, ZAK, ETA, CCK, JKK, JRC).
Instructor, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI (JPM).
Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 Aug;83(8):234-238. doi: 10.62547/JVNJ1761.
The One Health concept focuses on the interconnections between human health, animal health, and the environment, stressing the need for interdisciplinary collaborations to address complex issues such as the health challenges posed by climate change and global pandemics. One Health is a central part of the curriculum of veterinary schools, however, it is rarely incorporated into medical school education. Nationally, there are limited examples of formal One Health education and training for medical students. To incorporate One Health into its curriculum, John A. Burns School of Medicine developed a Dean's Certificate of Distinction in One Health that consists of a One Health foundational course, a clinical One Health elective course, participation in the One Health Interest Group, engagement in One Health educational and outreach activities, and a One Health research or curriculum development project. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first One Health certificate program developed and implemented in any Association of American Medical Colleges accredited medical school. Although introducing similar programs into medical curricula will continue to be challenging, we hope it will serve as a framework for other academic institutions.
One Health 理念侧重于人类健康、动物健康和环境之间的相互联系，强调需要跨学科合作来应对气候变化和全球大流行病等健康挑战。One Health 是兽医学校课程的核心部分，但很少纳入医学院的教育。在全国范围内，为医学生提供的正式 One Health 教育和培训的例子有限。为了将 One Health 纳入其课程，John A. Burns 医学院开发了一个 Dean's Certificate of Distinction in One Health，其中包括一门 One Health 基础课程、一门临床 One Health 选修课程、参与 One Health 兴趣小组、参与 One Health 教育和外展活动，以及一项 One Health 研究或课程开发项目。据作者所知，这是第一个在美国医学院协会认可的医学院开发和实施的 One Health 证书项目。尽管在医学课程中引入类似的项目仍将具有挑战性，但我们希望它能为其他学术机构提供一个框架。
