Ecosystem Health: Leadership at the Intersection of Humans, Animals and the Environment

This class focuses on how theories, methods, and technologies of ecosystem health can solve grand challenges of health at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment by exploring the creation and evaluation of solutions as well as their feasibility and implementation in the real world through policy and real time decision-making. This class is taught in an active learning classroom, involves individual and group work, and culminates in a final video presentation that communicates innovative solutions, discoveries about unknowns, or development of methods useful for ecosystem health challenges.

Course Number(s)

GCC 3032/5032

Location
Twin Cities

Term
Spring

Total Duration/Hours

45 hours

Faculty Contact(s)

Elizabeth Sopdie, Medical School

IPE Phase of Development
Phase II: Skill-building

Theme(s)
Community & Population Health
Global Health, Planetary Health, & One Health
Leadership

IPEC Competency Areas
Values & Ethics
Roles & Responsibilities
Interprofessional Communication
Teams & Teamwork

Participants'/Learners' Program of Enrollment
Audiology
Dentistry
Dental Hygiene
Dental Therapy
Dietetics
Health Coaching
Medicine
Medical Laboratory Scienes
Nursing (BSN)
Nursing (MN)
Nursing (DNP)
Occupational Therapy
Pharmacy
Psychology
Public Health (MHA)
Public Health (Nutrition)
Public Health (Other)
Speech Language Pathology
Social Work
Veterinary Medicine