title: Integration of microbiology and infectious disease teaching courses in an interdisciplinary training programme (Master level) centred on the 'One world, one health' WHO concept.
abstract: This report describes the integration of the microbiology and infectious diseases teaching courses in an international Master's level interdisciplinary programme based on the 'One world, one health' WHO concept, and reports the students and teachers' evaluation related to their feelings of about this innovative programme. The integration was evaluated by recording the positioning of these two topics in the five teaching units constituting the programme, and by identifying their contribution in the interactions between the different teaching units. The satisfaction of students was assessed by a quantitative survey, whereas the feelings of students and teachers were assessed by interviews. The study demonstrated that microbiology and infectious diseases were widely involved in interactions between the teaching units, constituting a kind of cement for the programme. The students assigned a mean score of 3.7 to the topics dealing with microbiology and infectious diseases. According to the qualitative data, students and teachers considered that the interdisciplinary approach provided new insights but reported problems of communication, probably inherent to the multiculturalism of the class.
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France UFR Santé, Angers University, 40 Rue de Rennes, F-49035 Angers, France maeveillard@chu-angers.fr.
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eveillard
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, Route de Gachet, BP 40 706, F-44307 Nantes Cedex 03, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ruvoen
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France UBL, UFR Médecine, Nantes University, 1 Quai de Tourville, F-44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lepelletier
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fradet
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France ESA Group, 55 Rue Rabelais, BP 30748, F-49007 Angers Cedex 01, France.
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Couvreur
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France Oniris, Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, Route de Gachet, BP 40 706, F-44307 Nantes Cedex 03, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krempf
authors.affiliation: L'UNAM, MAN-IMAL IDEFI ANR 11-0003, F-44307 Nantes, France UBL, UFR Médecine, Nantes University, 1 Quai de Tourville, F-44000 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magras
mesh_terms: D003141:Communicable Diseases; D003479:Curriculum; D004500:Education, Graduate; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D058025:Interdisciplinary Studies; D008829:Microbiology / Q000193:education*; D000074823:One Health; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: evaluation; higher education; interdisciplinarity; microbiology education; multicultural classes; ‘one world, one health’