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Integration of microbiology and infectious disease teaching courses in an interdisciplinary training programme
Matthieu Eveillard1, Nathalie Ruvoen2, Didier Lepelletier3
1L'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.
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.
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