Page 31 - Training of the Trainers: Integrating One Health Core Competencies for Teaching Future One Health Workforce

Teaching methodology and assessment strategy must fit into One Health-integrated

curriculum as well. Teaching methods should allow acquisition of both desired technical and
One Health competencies. A workgroup composed of students from various disciplines

should also be encouraged. In case of the exemplified Medical School course at Tuffs
University, students were organized into four groups: each with four MD and one DVM

students. A case study approach using those from One Health for One World is the main
6
teaching method in the course. A compendium of case studies and resources from One

7
Health Short Course were given as main class materials.
From this example, they found that assignments should be appropriately mixed

between group and individual works and allow other colleagues to get involved with scoring.
In case of the exemplified course, the assessment was made on the following criteria: in-class

assignments, written report, final proposal, and class participations (Table XIV).

Table XIV: Criteria of the Exemplified Course’s Assessment

Task Percentage of Assessors
the whole score
9 in-class group 45% Professor, teaching assistant, and
assignments the other three groups
Written report 20% Professor and teaching assistant
(grading on individual level)
Final proposal 15% Professor and teaching assistant
(grading on individual level)

Class participation 20% Professor and teaching assistant
(grading with input from students)

According to the evaluation of this One Health integration course, students generally

gained more technical competencies than One Health Core Competencies. Although most
students thought that they gained experience and succeeded in working in multidisciplinary

6
It is downloadable from the following source: Vétérinaires sans Frontières – Canada. (2010). One Health for
One World: A Compendium of Case Studies. Available: http://www.onehealthinitiative.com/publications/
OHOW_Compendium_Case_Studies.pdf. Last retrieved: September 29, 2014.
7
It is downloadable from the following source: SEAOHUN-RESPOND. (2014). RESPOND SEAOHUN One
Health Course Modules. Available: http://seaohunonehealth.wordpress.com/. Last retrieved: September 29,
2014.

27