Humanitarian University
Consortium
Distance Education Initiative
One Medicine: One Health (Zoonotic
Disease) Online Course
Presented
by
Stephen
M. Apatow
Founder,
Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian
Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone: 203-668-0282
Email: s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet: www.humanitarian.net
One Health Initiative unites human
and
veterinary medicine
The One Health
Initiative,
a movement to forge co-equal, all inclusive collaborations between
physicians,
veterinarians, and other scientific-health related disciplines, has
been
endorsed by various major medical organizations and health agencies,
including
the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Medical
Association,
the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the American
Society for Microbiology and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Additionally, more than 500 prominent scientists, physicians and
veterinarians
worldwide have endorsed the initiative.
Introduction
One of the first actions a veterinary practitioner takes on
suspicion of a natural or intentional outbreak of an important or
exotic disease is timely reporting to proper authorities. Unless
knowledge of what diseases are reportable, and to whom, is maintained
before the event, valuable time will be wasted in "reinventing the
wheel."
Practitioners should also engage their human medical
counterparts at the local level. Too often, medical providers at local
hospitals and health departments plan for medical surveillance and
response activities without considering the zoonotic and epizootic
diseases that can impact those systems. Veterinarians who have become
active in public health endeavors have been well received by their
counterparts in human health care and have made important contributions
to both animal and human
epidemiology. -- AVMA: Biological terrorism against animals and humans: a
brief
review and primer for action.
The One Medicine: One Health (Zoonotic
Disease) Test encompasses 135 questions
(True/False) related to the materials provided in section I. Upon
completion and online submission of the test, individuals with a
passing grade of 75% or above will receive a certificate of completion by
Humanitarian Resource Institute.
Fee: $50.00 processing fee, required for validation:
certificate of completion.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Humanitarian
Resource Institute's work associated with 192 Member
States of the United Nations, presents a challenge regarding
accreditation standards, therefore we request enrollees to check with
their state's regulatory board to ensure acceptance of online
continuing education credit for the purposes of state license
requirements.
Related Textbooks:
Human-Animal Medicine: Clinical Approaches to
Zoonoses,
Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks (Amazon): Peter M. Rabinowitz MD MPH, Lisa
A. Conti DVM MPH DACVPM CEHP.
