Learning outcomes

Become familiar with and aware of the complexity of animal health, public health and environmental issues.

Goals

By the end of this course, students will have developed cross-disciplinary knowledge of the causes and consequences of the environment-health link. They will have identified the semantic differences between common terms depending on the context in which they are used.

Content

The course actually starts in Q1.

In Q1, students attend theoretical lectures given by the UET (University Education Team) entitled “Sustainable Development and Transition Education Days”. These courses are taught by lecturers from each faculty (law, EMCP, IT, science, philosophy and arts, medicine) during four time slots identified by UNamur as being specifically dedicated to this teaching during the four-month term.

In Q2, students attend 15 hours of video-recorded lectures available on the course website. The topics covered are listed in the ‘Table of Contents’ tab.

depending on the context in which they are used.


Table of contents

For example, the 15 hours of remote video lessons could cover the following topics:

- Intro: Defining the concept of One Health and positioning it within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

- Ecology: ecosystems, biodiversity crisis, etc.

- Veterinary medicine: zoonoses, health crises, vaccination, animal husbandry, etc.

-  Human medicine: impact of healthcare on the environment and of environmental degradation on health, public health, medicine in crisis situations, etc.

-  Laboratory – infrastructure 

-  Environmental impact of medicines

-  Bioethics: historical origins, sociological evolution of dignity (human > living), ethical issues relating to the beginning and end of life, etc.

- Legislation: medical ethics and the environment, temperatures and labour law, etc.

- Political science and health: climate wars, migration, emerging and re-emerging diseases, etc.

Exercices

Nothing.

Teaching methods

Some courses are taught ex cathedra. Others take the form of videos to be watched at home, independently.

Assessment method

At the end of each course, students will find an online assessment questionnaire on Webcampus. They must answer the questions and obtain a score of 80%. They may retake the questionnaire as many times as they wish until they obtain the required score.

Sources, references and any support material

As the topics themselves, and their interconnections, are constantly evolving, innovative resources are made available to students throughout the year by lecturers on the webcampus course website.

Language of instruction

French