European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training
The European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Fellowship provides training and practical experience in intervention
Aims
The aims of the programme are:[2]
- To strengthen the surveillance of infectious diseasesin EU member states and at Community level
- To develop response capacity at national and Community level to meet communicable disease threats through rapid and effective field investigation and control
- To develop a European network of public health epidemiologists using standard methods, and sharing common objectives
- To contribute to the development of the Community network for the surveillance and control of communicable diseases.
Structure
The EPIET Fellowship lasts two years. Ten percent of this time is taken up by formal training courses and the remainder by a placement at a training site in a European country. The fellowship starts with a three-week introductory course in infectious disease epidemiology. This course provides basic knowledge of intervention epidemiology, including outbreak investigation, surveillance and applied research.
Following the introductory course, fellows spend 23 months at a training site in an
- analyse, design, or implement a surveillance system
- assist in the development of international surveillance networks
- perform outbreakinvestigations
- develop a research project on a relevant public health issue
- develop knowledge of laboratory techniques
- assist in the analysis of public health decisions
- teach epidemiology
- present the results of their work at the annual scientific conference ESCAIDE
In addition to the introductory course, 4-5 one-week modules are organised throughout the fellowship. The modules focus on one or several specific public health topics, such as: computer tools in
Funding
The Fellowship is funded by the
See also
References
- PMID 19883559.
- ^ Bremer, Viviane. "EPIET". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-12.