Health, Environment, Livestock and People:
An International Learning Community

US-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
                                              Brazilian Students Timeline                                               US Students Timeline
Year 3 Schedule (September 2006 - May 2007)
Coursework Plan – ‘Health, Environment, Livestock and People’
  • Sept 12       Applications for CAPES study grant due                   UFBA and UNESP
  • Aug 3         Select Student names to submit to                   CAPES for funding
  • Oct 1          Student/mentor ID, project proposal                   development
  • Dec 1         Submission deadline for 3-page work plan
  • Jan 6/7       Student departure from Brazil; Begin LSU                  Monday, Jan 8
  • Jan 8          Spring Semester Begins LSU, LSUHSC,                   Southern, UMN
  • Jan 9          Program Introduction; ‘Issues in                   Hemispheric Health and Food Security’
  • Jan 10-12    GIS short course ‘Starting Up a Medical                   GIS Capability’
  • Jan 13        Students travel to UMN or remain in Baton                   Rouge
  • May 5         UMN semester ends May 5
  • May 8-12    LSU Final Exam Period
  • May 15-18   Students re-assemble at LSU –                   Project Reports/GIS Data Entry
                      Dr Bergquist – Program                   evaluation;
                      Dr Stromberg/Bender Visit
  • May 21       Return trip to Brazil
 At assembly at LSU in the first week, a program orientation and introductory concepts on hemispheric health and food security will be presented (½ day). A medical GIS short course will also be initiated during the first week. Students who will spend the semester at the University of Minnesota will depart for St Paul on the 13th of January. Students will be enrolled in the equivalent of 3-4 Cr for mentored projects, 8 Cr for other courses at UMN or LSU, +/- optional elective seminar or clinical rotation (1-4 Cr) as follows:

• Mentored Projects done during the semester by students will be assigned 3-4 Cr under catalogue course numbers and titles (eg. Independent Study, Field Experience, etc) used by the student’s host university.
• All students will take a 3 Cr ‘Fundamentals of Epidemiology’ (SPH-UMN) or ‘Principles of Epidemiology’ (LSUHSC-SPH) course during the semester.
• All students will take a 3 Cr ‘Geospatial Health and Environment’ course. The course will begin in the first week at LSU, continue as student project development during the spring semester and conclude at re-assembly at LSU.
• Preceding and/or during the semester, ‘Issues in Hemispheric Health and Food Security’(1Cr) and ‘Application of Principles: Understanding the Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases’ (1Cr) will be offered via formal classes +/or distance learning at each campus by LSU, Southern or UMN instructors:

1) ‘Issues in Hemispheric Health and Food Security’ (1Cr) – Current concepts and issues in public health, animal health and zoonoses of importance in the Western Hemisphere. Coverage will begin for all students at initial assembly at LSU (2 lecture-discussion periods), and will be continued during the semester at UMN or LSU as field trips, each with a lecture-discussion (1 hr), to understand key State operations of: i) Office of Public Health; ii) State Veterinarian-USDA Veterinarian; iii) Conservation Medicine; iv) Hemispheric trade - by State Department of Economic Development and/or University Agricultural Economist; and v) Disasters and Health.
2) ‘Application of Principles: Understanding the Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases’ (1Cr). This course, the equivalent of a course (‘PubH 7200) taught at the Summer Institute of the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health will provide an introduction to epidemiological concepts and methods to be used for student projects.

Participation in at least one elective Clinical Block Rotation (2-4 Cr) and/or Grand Rounds/Departmental Seminar (1Cr) is encouraged.

A letter documenting satisfactory completion will be provided by each course instructor as required by Brazilian partner universities to provide equivalent course credits.

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