EPIET News

Submitted by Lorenzo on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 10:59

European Field Epidemiology Training Programmes in Eurosurveillance
A special issue of Eurosurveillance devoted to training of field epidemiologists within diverse public health systems was published on the 29th October 2009. The issue highlighted the contributions that these programmes are making in Europe. It is available online at:
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/Public/Articles/Archives.aspx?Publicatio...

The EPIET Training Site Forum
Representatives from ECDC, EPIET, EAN and the training sites in Europe have met at EPIET Training Site Forum in Stockholm on the 29th October 2009 to assess and discuss the needs of this growing training programme. Items under discussion were: the evaluation of EPIET, the need for formal training in microbiological methods for all fellows, planning an optional EPIET module on statistical sampling methods, the advantages and challenges of the growth of the programme, and establishing other EPIET-affiliated training programmes in Europe.

The Evaluation of EPIET
A call for tender for the evaluation of EPIET was launched in spring 2009. The offers were reviewed by a steering committee of 11 members and The Royal Tropical Institute from the Netherlands was selected for this task. The evaluation process started with an inception meeting during late summer and is now fully in process. Some of you may have met the evaluators during ESCAIDE. The evaluators are also planning a survey of all EAN members. Although EAN will not take part in the design of this survey to avoid bias, the EAN Board has offered to support this initiative by responding to the pilot questionnaire before it will be sent out to members. We expect the final report of this evaluation in spring 2010, meaning that the practical recommendation will probably take effect for Cohort 17.

Call for Grants EPIET Cohort 16
The Call for Grants for EPIET fellowship cohort 16 has been published on the ECDC website: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/aboutus/jobs/Pages/Fellowships.aspx Deadline for applications is February 7, 2010 at 24:00 CET. More information on the EPIET fellowship can be found at EPIET's website www.epiet.org
NB: The EPIET website is going to be transferred to the ECDC web portal within the coming days and the above mentioned EPIET website redirected automatically.