The interdisciplinary One Health approach encourages a comprehensive and integrated understanding of health by highlighting the connections between human, animal, and environmental health. This approach is essential for veterinary medicine students. Additionally, scientific communication and information research are crucial for their training. Therefore, this project proposed that first-year veterinary medicine students at Cardenal Herrera University (Valencia, Spain) create scientific posters on the One Health theme to enhance their scientific communication skills and deepen their understanding of this approach. Since traditional teaching methods can sometimes lack dynamism, this project integrated the use of interactive technologies (QR codes) to evaluate whether this innovation could provide an engaging and motivating learning experience for students. During the 2022-23 academic year, 121 veterinary medicine students participated in the creation of 34 posters, in small groups of 2-5 students. The posters were assessed based on criteria previously explained to the students. All poster grades exceeded 7/10, reflecting satisfactory student engagement. Interestingly, each poster included a QR code leading to a form with 5 true/false questions, created by the students and validated by a professor. On the day of the poster exhibition, more than 80% of the students scanned the QR codes and answered the questions from at least three posters. The questionnaire responses demonstrated a deep understanding of the subjects, with an average score of 9/10. An anonymous satisfaction survey conducted at the end of the project revealed that the overwhelming majority of students found the activity motivating (87%) and enriching in terms of acquiring new knowledge about One Health (96%) and enhancing group project management skills (82%). Additionally, over 75% of the students gave a score of 8/10 or higher for the question “Would you recommended this activity to future students?”. In conclusion, this project illustrates the effectiveness of using interactive technologies to engage students and improve their learning within the context of an interdisciplinary approach and the practice of scientific communication. These results suggest that this model could be applied to other disciplines to enhance teaching and promote active learning.

Keywords: QR code, poster, veterinary, education, communication skills.