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International Veterinary and Conservation Medicine
Education Program (IVCMEP)
to foster the next generation of human resources to bridge between Africa and Japan

Syllabus 2024 for ONLINE studentsSuccessfully completing a class, a credit is given by Hokkaido University (HU).

All the classes are conducted in English.

With three credits, certificate for IVCMEP2024 will be given by HU. This will certify thestudent’s competency while giving priority to participate in the proceeding IVCMEP conductedon-site in Zambia .
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One credit for “Conservation Medicine in Zambia Overview”⚫

Watching lecture video series of “Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies” listedbelow.

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Participating online interactive sessions with students and professors at Hokkaido
University[Tentative schedule]2)June: JICA special lecture on international cooperation

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July: Interactive Session with students from University of Zambia (UNZA).

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August : Travel Report by UNZA students

September: Interactive discussion session with professors at HU

September : Travel Report by HU students

Two credits for “Conservation Medicine in Zambia I&II”⚫

Select no less than two classes from the list below⚫

Each class consists of 8 subjects (or less, yet equivalent to 8 subjects).

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Those classes are also provided face-to-face at Hokkaido University from Jul. 16-Aug.
31. You can also join those classes in person. For details, contacts us via email below.

The program starts from 8th July 2024 and ends on 31st October 2024.

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【Outline of each class】
1) Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies [one credit]
NOTE: All IVCMEP students are required to watch following lectures
Lectures are given by researchers in Hokkaido Universities and other partner institutions inJapan and African countries.
ClassSubject1 ) Japanese Language and Culture (NOT required for HU students)2 ) One-Health and SDGs
3 ) Sustainable Development in Japan and African countries

1.

Interdisciplinary and4 ) Recent Topics in Veterinary and Conservation Medicine in Japan

Intercultural Studies

5 ) Training on Team Working
6 ) Ethics in Interdisciplinary Research7 ) Medical Anthropology
8 ) Human Resources for Sustainable Development

2) Conservation Medicine I&II [two credits]
NOTE: Select no less than two classes from the list below .
Each class consists of 8 subjects (or less, yet equivalent to 8 subjects).
**: Equivalent to 2 subjects***: Equivalent to 3 subjects****: Equivalent to 4 subjects

ClassSubject1 ) Guidance for Chemical Hazard

1.

CHCE-I: Field

2 ) Environmental Toxicology-1 Trace Elements

Toxicology & Risk

3 ) Environmental Toxicology-2 Food Safety

Analysis4 ) Veterinary Forensics**
5 ) Risk Analysis***1 ) Introduction on environmental chemical analysis**2.

CHCE-II: Chemical

2 ) Heavy Metal (including Mercury) Poisoning

Analyses

3 ) Pesticide Pollution and Health4 ) Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and HumanHU29th Mar. 2024ClassSubject5)

Lecture on environmental health and environmental
monitoring6 ) Lecture on data analysis of LC-MS/MS**1 ) Pharmacology **3.

CHCE III: Basic2 ) Wildlife Toxicology / Ecotoxicology**

Conservation Medicine

3 ) Toxicologic Pathology**4 ) Immunotoxicology **4.

5.

CHCE-IV:

1 ) Remote sensing-1 **Environmental

2 ) Remote sensing-2 **Remediation and3 ) Environmental Remediation**

Diagnostic Techniques4 ) Environmental Remediation in Marine Environment**

CHCE-V:GISandsatellite remote sensing

1 ) Basic and practices of GIS -1**
2 ) Basic and practices of GIS -2***
3 ) Basic and practices of GIS -3***

6.

CHCE-VI:
Bioinformatics

Mechanism,Assessment and7.

Remediation ofEnvironmentalPollution1 ) Basic and Multivariate Analysis: Basics and Practices ****
2)

1)

Computational Toxicology Basic of Molecular Docking****
Understanding Plants and Soils - in relation toenvironmental pollutions **2 ) Impact Evaluation of Development Program **3 ) Environmental Radioactivity and health hazard4 ) Health Science5 ) Remediation of abandoned mine sites **1 ) Overview from animal side (host defense)2 ) Medical Entomology

Advanced and8.

3)Comprehensive Studies
on Zoonosis Control

Control of CSF/ASF (Classical swine fever/African swinefever)4 ) Filovirus infection5 ) Control of Brucellosis in Uganda/ Tanzania
6 ) Tuberculosis
7)

Toxoplasmosis

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African trypanosomiasis

1 ) Principle of biobank and its application**

9.

Advanced Seminar on2)

Conservation Medicine

Zoonosis studies in Zambia: practical use of thebiorepository

3 ) Relational database4 ) Usage of Next Generation Sequencer****10.

IVCMEP: Conservation
Medicine

A free-designed class selected from any 16 subjects fromabove.
Notice: On completing this class, 2 credits will be given.

Details of each class are subject to change.
If you have any inquiry, contact us via IVCMEP@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp