One Health
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, participants shall be able to:
- Remember and understand the background, history and concepts of One Health
- Remember and understand socio-ecological and environmental determinants relevant for One Health systems and policy
- Understand the terms interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity
- Assess the added value generated by a One Health approach on concrete examples
- Apply system thinking and One Health on complex problems
- Apply the evaluation of One Health-ness on projects and programmes
Topics/Content
The course will cover the theory of One Health indicators (such as interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, collaboration, added value, participatory processes of stakeholders, gender and equity, and sustainability), system thinking for complex problems, and evaluation of One Health. It will be taught in a way that the learned theory can directly be linked to real world health challenges and their solutions. These challenges are manifold and include zoonoses and non-communicable diseases, emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, food security and safety, wildlife-domestic animal-human conflicts, or climate change and environmental resilience. A problem will be selected by participant groups and a system map will be generated.
Activities / Program
Mixed approach with on site and remote lecturing, group work and presentations by participants.
Basic information
| Number | E046.225.25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | Wednesday, 27.08.2025 online-presentations for assessment |
| Times | 09:15-16:30, online presentations tbd |
| Course location | Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine ISPM room 320, third floor Situation plan |
| Lead | PD Salome Dürr, Ioannis Magouras, PhD, |
| Seats max. | 20 people |
| Course language | English |
| Registration deadline | 11.08.2025 |
| Format | Individual event from Public Health Sciences Course Program You will receive a certificate of attendance. |
| Governing Unit |
Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern |
| ECTS info |
1 ECTS point will be credited for this course. For an accreditation of the ECTS, a minimum of 80% attendance and active participation incl. completion of assignments and assessments are required.
root number KSL: 486270 |
Target audience
All PhD students, Post-docs, clinicians and professionals working in the field of human and veterinary public health.
Application and admission procedure
A tertiary education degree is required. The program manager decides on the final admission. Priority is given to PhD students.
Application process: You are requested to enroll online. Seats will be allocated according to date of enrolment. Three weeks before the course/workshop at the latest, the administration will decide and inform about running or cancelling the course/workshop.
Costs
Amount still open
Administrative / Payment modalities
Registration fees are waived for PhD students of the University of Bern who commit to the whole course attendance. To avoid being invoiced, it is mandatory that you indicate your institute and the matriculation number upon registration for the course. Please note cancellation regulations below.
Course fees according to participant status
PostDocs Uni Bern CHF 100
Other participants Uni Bern CHF 300
Participants other academic institutions 600
Other participants CHF 840
Participants completing the entire PHS Course Program benefit from a reduction, overview course fees here.
Cancellation regulations
After the closing date for registrations, the organisers will decide whether the course can take place. The decision is based on the number of registrations.
Contact
University of Bern
Public Health Sciences Course Program
c/o Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM)
Mittelstrasse 43
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Tel: +41 31 684 34 04