PPOH 112 Systems Thinking in Pandemic Preparedness and Response

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Introduction

This topic seeks to facilitate your learning of the inter-relationships among system elements, and the interactions of systems in complex, unpredictable environments to influence outcomes in pandemics and emergencies.

Course Objectives

This topic enables learning about:

1. Systems thinking, core concepts of its theories and characteristics, and
   their application in One Health interventions
2. Systems thinking skills and tools in mapping One Health problems and create
   solutions to problems with practical strategies useful for field investigations
3. One Health systems thinking skills to improve inter-professional, inter-discipline and cross-sectoral collaboration on key disease surveillance and outbreaks
4. Systems thinking skills to improve multi-sectoral cooperation among national,
   regional and international government health officials along with multilateral health
   agencies in One Health interventions.

Expected Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the learner should be able to:

1. Define systems thinking, the core concepts of its theories and characteristics, and their application in One Health interventions
2. Apply systems thinking tools for mapping One Health problems and create
   solutions to problems with practical strategies useful for field investigations
3. Demonstrate One Health systems thinking to improve national, regional and international, inter-professional, inter-disciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration on key disease surveillance and outbreaks.