# Integration of One Health activities into professional student education: successes, challenges, and considerations

## TL;DR

This paper discusses how to better integrate One Health into student education by combining interdisciplinary learning and collaboration across human, animal, and environmental health.

## Contribution

The paper provides insights and recommendations for operationalizing One Health in interprofessional education through real-world program experiences.

## Key findings

- Successful One Health integration requires extensive logistical planning and institutional support.
- Faculty modeling of cross-disciplinary collaboration is essential for effective implementation.
- One Health education must connect global concepts to practical clinical applications for students.

## Abstract

Interprofessional Education (IPE) creates opportunities for multiple disciplines to learn from each other and develop soft skills to improve patient care. One Health similarly emphasizes collaborative and interdisciplinary practice while recognizing the interconnectedness between human, animal, and environmental health. Despite the intersection of IPE and One Health, the meaningful integration of One Health within IPE remains uneven and difficult to operationalize. This perspective synthesizes experiences from multi-college programs implementing One Health-oriented IPE, highlighting successes, challenges, and structural requirements. We argue that for One Health to be successfully integrated into IPE for professional students, it requires extensive logistical planning, coordinated institutional support, modeling of cross-disciplinary collaboration by faculty, and must extend beyond global-scale concepts to incorporate applications to future clinical practice.