Information Package / Course Catalogue
One Medicine/one Health, Veterinary Public Health
Course Code: VBH607
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

To understand the one health approach from past to present; To establish and comprehend the one health relationship of zoonotic diseases, antibiotic resistance, food safety and climate change.

Course Content

History of one health, one health approach from past to present, general information about zoonotic diseases, antibiotic resistance, food safety and climate change, steps to establish one health at country level, rational drug use, human benefits of animal interventions for zoonosis control.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Devrim BEYAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To be learn detail information about that What is One Health, what is the scope of the one health
2.To learn the history of one health concept
3.To learn the causes of increase in diseases worldwide
4.To learn the relationship between One Health concept and the diseases, food safety, food security, environment, climate change and antimicrobial resistance
5.To understand the role of veterinarians in scope of one health concept
6.To understand rational drug use
7.To have detailed information about zoonoses
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Confronting Emerging Zoonoses
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The concept of health, individual, community and ecosystem health
Week 2 - Theoretical
One health history
Week 3 - Theoretical
Ecosystem-climate changes and one health
Week 4 - Theoretical
Veterinary medicine and one health
Week 5 - Theoretical
Zoonotic diseases, definition of zoonosis and classification of zoonotic diseases
Week 6 - Theoretical
Control of zoonoses at animal source
Week 7 - Theoretical
Foodborne zoonotic diseases
Week 8 - Theoretical
Review (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Food safety and one health
Week 10 - Theoretical
Current health problems in the world (Ebola, Rabies, Avian Influenza etc.) and causes of increase of diseases
Week 11 - Theoretical
Antimicrobial drug resistance
Week 12 - Theoretical
Using medicine with care
Week 13 - Theoretical
Cross-border diseases and single health effects, interdisciplinary matrix
Week 14 - Theoretical
One health economy and examples of one health in Turkey
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Assignment122136
Reading120112
Midterm Examination120121
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
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5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026