Humanitarian University Consortium
Distance Education Initiative
One Medicine: One Health (Zoonotic Disease)
Online Course
Presented by
Stephen M.
Apatow, Director of Research and Development
Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate
Studies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law
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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.
