Reflections on an Applied Interdisciplinary One Health Scholars Program
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https://doi.org/10.56103/nactaj.v69i1.226Keywords:
One Health, Applied training, interdisciplinary, program evaluation, SWOT analysisAbstract
One Health promotes the idea that the health and wellbeing of all life are inextricably linked to each other and the environment. An interdisciplinary approach is necessary to understand, prevent and treat diseases and health factors across humans, animals, microbes, and plants that share the same influential environment. Yet, universities are siloed, divided by colleges, majors, and schools. New models of education are needed to train the next generation of students and faculty to collaborate across disciplines and find solutions to multifaceted health issues. Utilizing a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) evaluation, we reflect upon two years of an applied interdisciplinary One Health Scholars program in which faculty and students from public health, medicine, veterinary sciences, and landscape architecture collaborated on research the first year, and in the classroom the second year. This manuscript offers calls for action for faculty and institutions interested in facilitating similar integrated applied training programs in their institutions.
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