Paper 1011/BMSBoS/21
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
School of Biomedical Sciences Board of Studies
Courses for MSc in International Animal Health
Brief description of the paper
The paper contains details the proposed addition of a number of elective courses from across the
GHA portfolio onto the MSc in International Animal Health degree programme table.
Action requested
For approval.
Resource implications
Resources will be covered by the School of Biomedical Sciences under the business plan for these
programmes.
Equality and Diversity
There are no equality and diversity implications.
Originator of the paper
Dr Kim Picozzi
2nd May 2011
Freedom of information
This paper to be included in open business.
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SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
We would like to include a number of courses from across the GHA portfolio onto the Degree
Programme Table for the MSc in International Animal Health.
EMND11009 Globalisation and health
This course aims to promote an understanding of the impact of globalisation on the epidemiology of
infectious diseases. Issues such as increased urbanisation, population mobility, and erosion of
traditional systems, the global village and climate change will be addressed.
BIME11035 An introduction of project cycle management
This course describes the project cycle and use of planning tools such as log frames; monitoring and
evaluation approaches; capacity assessments and stakeholder analysis.
BIME11019 The Modern Zoo
This course will present the principle activities of the ‘modern zoo’, based around their common
goals of education, conservation and research in addition to their more traditional role as visitor
attractions and entertainment centres. There will be examples of how zoological collections can
contribute to conservation efforts, from providing funding to in-situ projects, to education for
visitors on conservation themes, to the conservation breeding of threatened species.
BIME11037 The use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in Threatened Species
This course will present materials related to the use of ARTs in wildlife conservation, including
artificial insemination (AI), in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), gene-banking and cloning. The technical
difficulties in using these techniques and the ethical questions that arise from them will be discussed
in some detail.
TRME11006 Interdisciplinary integrative skills
Interdisciplinary approaches are essential to the successful practice of translational medicine. This
course will teach basic skills in interdisciplinary integration that can be applied throughout the
course, covering integration across scientific disciplines, between medical and science disciplines,
and between medical, scientific and socio-economic disciplines. It will teach basic skills in project
framing and structuring, and conceptual and formal modelling approaches, so that the complexity of
real world issues can be analysed and decisions reached without first adopting the perspective of a
specific academic discipline.
TRME11005 Translational Strategies, Policy and Regulation, and Stakeholder Engagement
The first part of the course will focus on decision making strategies relevant to translational
medicine in both commercial and public sectors. It will consider the requirements of a wide range
of medical advances (from drugs to tissue engineering) in terms of innovative strategic approaches
to deliver advances to patients, and the contrasting requirements for effective translation in
commercial companies and health services. The second part of the course will cover policy and
regulatory aspects - including the role of specific types of policy or regulation in stimulating or
inhibiting the translation process. The third part of this course will consider the roles of patient
groups and other stakeholders, how they can be accommodated effectively within translational
processes, what pitfalls exist and how they can be avoided or at least minimised. Finally this course
will demonstrate how the three aspects implied in the title interact to determine which medical
innovations are successfully translated into application.
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DEGREE PROGRAMME TABLE
Degree Programme Title: Certificate/Diploma/MSc in International Animal Health.
Degree Type: Postgraduate taught (online) (Certificate, Diploma, MSc) completed over 36 months
part-time.
Normal
year
taken
Course
Schedules
Level
Credit
Total
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Pathogen strategies for transmission and survival
Host responses to infection
Applied epidemiology, surveillance and risk assessment
T
T
T
11
11
11
20
20
20
2
Surveillance and control of transboundary diseases affecting
international trade
Zoonotic diseases
T
11
10
T
11
10
T
11
10
T
11
10
T
T
T
11
11
11
10
10
10
T
T
11
11
10
10
T
T
T
11
11
11
10
10
10
T
T
11
11
20
10
T
11
10
T
11
10
T
T
11
11
10
10
T
11
10
T
T
11
11
10
10
T
T
11
11
60
60
FOUR OF:
Advanced GIS and spatial epidemiology and modelling
An introduction of project cycle management
Animal healthcare systems in the post-privatisation era
Control of economically important parasites
Environmental and nutritional diseases of livestock of
international importance
Globalisation and health
Interdisciplinary integrative skills
Introduction to GIS and spatial data analysis
Introduction to health and production of aquatic species
New developments in epidemiology and the control of vector
borne disease
One health
Project planning and decision support for animal disease
control
Risk management through the use of applied veterinary
epidemiology
Technology advances in veterinary diagnostics
The modern zoo
The use of Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in
Threatened Species
Translational Strategies, Policy and Regulation, and
Stakeholder Engagement
Veterinary vaccinology
Wildlife animal health and environment
3
ONE OF
Written reflective element
Project Cycle Management and Funding Application
Preparation
The Global Health Academy Online Programme handbook contains full details of all these courses, with
restrictions on availability and choice (such as minimum student quotas). Information will be made available to
students entering this programme to facilitate advanced planning.
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