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Module Name
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Topic Learning outcome
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ECTS
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2.1 One Health Approach in Major & Endemic zoonoses
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Multidisciplinary approach to major viral, bacterial, parasitic and fungal zoonosis. Tools for diagnosis, control, risk assessment, management and communication of major zoonosis. Lab practices for infectious diseases diagnosis (microbiology, mycology, immunology and molecular diagnosis)
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Know the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and control of the most important zoonoses on an international scale, applying the multidisciplinary vision of One Health. Developing and implementing surveillance programmes. Assess the effectiveness of a surveillance programme. Formulate diagnostic measures and the most suitable control measures to minimise risk from the major global zoonotic agents. Perform critical analyses of zoonosis risk situations, solve problems and make decisions.
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9
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2.2 One health Approach in Emergent zoonoses and in special situations
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Multidisciplinary approach to Antimicrobial Resistance impact (human, animals and environment). Emergent zoonoses. Vector identification lab practices. Management of zoonoses in Low-income countries. Zoonoses in immunosuppressed populations. Emergencies in Public Health (disease outbreak protocols, vaccination campaigns, refugees and human crisis).
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Determine the most suitable healthcare intervention in accordance with the socio-cultural, economic and environmental context (health emergencies, low-income countries or immunosuppressed populations). Evaluate the effect of climate change on the redistribution of new diseases. Know the importance of vector borne diseases. Assess the risk of emergent zoonoses in the cross-border transport of animals, plants and in movements of people between countries.
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7
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2.3 One health in Food Safety and Security
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Food Safety and Security under the One Health approach. Evolution of food borne zoonosis. Principal Food borne bacteria, parasites, viruses, prions, mycotoxins and biotoxins. Nutritional crisis. One Health in aquiculture and aquatic environmental pollutants and infectious diseases.
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Know the principal zoonotic agents transmitted to humans by food consumption (terrestrial and aquatic animals). Draw up prevention and control plans for application to food safety. Determine the most common sources of contamination and the factors that affect their survival and growth in foods. Evaluate suitable policies to reduce food wastage and to ensure proper food distribution worldwide (nutritional crisis approach). Know and distinguish between the concepts of food safety in One Health: security and safety. Know the public and private initiatives that ensure food safety. Use predictive models to assess the risks related to the presence of zoonotic agents in foods.Determine the effect of pollutants and antimicrobials in aquaculture at human-animal-environmental interface.
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6
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2.4 Epidemiology
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Surveillance, Descriptive epidemiology and epidemiological studies, Spatial analysis and Geographic Information Systems. Outbreak investigation
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Design basic surveillance programs and provide examples on how to implement them. Understand the main types of epidemiological studies and recommend the most adequate ones in different contexts. Outline the principles of spatial analysis and be able to analyze the spatial pattern of diseases. Create maps to visualize results from surveillance programs and epidemiological studies and use basic functionalities from geographic information systems. Describe how to conduct an outbreak investigation.
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2
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2.5 Biosafety and Biocontainment
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Hazard Criteria and Categorisation of Microbes. BSL3 and BSL4 Lab Technical specifications. Risk assessment procedures and Biosecurity. Experimental procedures with animals under biocontainment.
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Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of hazard groups and biosafety levels, with a focus on the operational differences between BSL-3 and BSL-4 facilities. Apply appropriate procedures, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), entry and exit protocols, and emergency response plans specific to BSL-3 and BSL-4 environments. Dexterity in manipulations within the biological safety cabinet. Execute several viral inactivation procedures currently applied in biocontainment labs and read out of the efficacy of such processes. Conduct thorough risk assessments for handling high-containment pathogens, and design effective mitigation strategies to ensure safety and compliance with international regulations. Implement biosecurity measures to prevent unauthorized access, misuse, or accidental release of infectious agents and toxins within high-containment laboratories
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3
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2.6 Spanish language
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Basic linguistic tools
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Provide the students with fundamental linguistic tools to comprehend and communicate effectively in basic Spanish.
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3
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