Infektionsepidemiologische Ausbildungs- und Trainingsprogramme

Bremer, Viviane

doi:10.1007/s00103-005-1116-4

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“…These findings are in line with other FETP evaluation studies. The FETP-Advanced program has supported outbreak investigation, surveillance system strengthening and data quality improvement in diverse settings globally [ 7 , 18 – 30 ]. FETP graduates have also achieved effective emergency response to man-made and natural disasters [ 19 , 31 ].…”

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“…The Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) is an interactive training adapted from the US Epidemic Intelligence Services [ 3 ]. The training was initially adopted in some countries, including Canada [ 4 ], Colombia [ 5 ], Germany [ 6 , 7 ], South Korea [ 8 ], and other Central and Southern American countries [ 9 ]. The IHR 2005 and its subsequent evaluations have promoted FETP as a milestone of the health workforce for public health emergency management (PHEM) [ 2 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Evaluation of Ethiopia’s field epidemiology training program – frontline: perspectives of implementing partners

Kebebew

Woldetsadik

Barker

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) has been adopted as an epidemiology and response capacity building strategy worldwide. FETP-Frontline was introduced in Ethiopia in 2017 as a three-month in-service training. In this study, we evaluated implementing partners’ perspectives with the aim of understanding program effectiveness and identifying challenges and recommendations for improvement. Methods A qualitative cross-sectional design was utilized to evaluate Ethiopia’s FETP-Frontline. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, qualitative data were collected from FETP-Frontline implementing partners, including regional, zonal, and district health offices across Ethiopia. We collected data through in-person key informant interviews, using semi-structured questionnaires. Thematic analysis was conducted, assisted with MAXQDA, while ensuring interrater reliability by using the consistent application of theme categorization. The major themes that emerged were program effectiveness, knowledge and skills differences between trained and untrained officers, program challenges, and recommended actions for improvement. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants, and confidentiality of the data was maintained throughout. Results A total of 41 interviews were conducted with key informants from FETP-Frontline implementing partners. The regional and zonal level experts and mentors had a Master of Public Health (MPH), whereas district health managers were Bachelor of Science (BSc) holders. Majority of the respondents reflected a positive perception towards FETP-Frontline. Regional and zonal officers as well as mentors mentioned that there were observable performance differences between trained and untrained district surveillance officers. They also identified various challenges including lack of resources for transportation, budget constraints for field projects, inadequate mentorship, high staff turnover, limited number of staff at the district level, lack of continued support from stakeholders, and the need for refresher training for FETP-Frontline graduates. Conclusions Implementing partners reflected a positive perception towards FETP-Frontline in Ethiopia. In addition to scaling-up the program to reach all districts to achieve the International Health Regulation 2005 goals, the program also needs to consider addressing immediate challenges, primarily lack of resources and poor mentorship. Continued monitoring of the program, refresher training, and career path development could improve retention of the trained workforce.

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Evaluation of Ethiopia’s field epidemiology training program – frontline: perspectives of implementing partners

Kebebew

Woldetsadik

Barker

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Beide Programme sind organisatorisch eng miteinander verbunden [15]. PAEFellows profitieren von der Teilnahme an EPIET-Modulen und von der Supervision durch EPIET-Koordinatoren.…”

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Ausbildungsprogramme für angewandte Epidemiologie in Deutschland und Europa

Bremer

Alpers

Krause

2009

Bundesgesundheitsbl.

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Outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS and influenza can have a profound impact on society. Therefore, training epidemiologists in infectious diseases control is of crucial importance. The German Postgraduate training in Applied Epidemiology (PAE) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) are striving to meet these challenges. Currently, 27 and 12 persons of German origin have joined PAE and EPIET, respectively. A total of 17 out of the 36 alumni started working at the RKI, regional or local German health authorities after completing their training. Since 2006, the number of yearly admitted fellows increased from 3 to 6 in PAE, and 9 to 19 in EPIET and 5 state health departments have been added as training sites. The collaboration between EPIET and PAE has been strengthened and diversified in recent years. Alumni of these programs will play a key role in the control of infectious diseases in Germany and Europe.

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Trainingsprogramme in angewandter Epidemiologie für den öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst in Deutschland – Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick

Kuehne,

Gillesberg Raiser,

Dörre

et al. 2023

Public Health Forum

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Zusammenfassung Für die Überwachung von Infektionskrankheiten, Eindämmung von Ausbrüchen und angewandte Forschung in der Infektionsepidemiologie ist eine spezielle Expertise erforderlich. Die Postgraduiertenausbildung für angewandte Epidemiologie (PAE) bildet als das deutsches Feldepidemiologie-Trainingsprogramm (FETP) seit 1996 hierfür Fachleute aus. Durch die Ausweitung der Ausbildung von der Bundesebene auf die Landesebene und kommunale Ebene und durch die Entwicklung kürzerer und skalierbarer Ausbildungsformate wird das öffentliche Gesundheitssystem weiter gestärkt.

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Infektionsepidemiologische Ausbildungs- und Trainingsprogramme

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Evaluation of Ethiopia’s field epidemiology training program – frontline: perspectives of implementing partners

Evaluation of Ethiopia’s field epidemiology training program – frontline: perspectives of implementing partners

Ausbildungsprogramme für angewandte Epidemiologie in Deutschland und Europa

Trainingsprogramme in angewandter Epidemiologie für den öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst in Deutschland – Bestandsaufnahme und Ausblick

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