EPIET/EUPHEM introductory course, London - Main contents
| date | September 28, 2015 - October 16, 2015 |
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| city | London, Great Britain |
| location | Holiday Inn Brent Cross  |
| organisation | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) i |
EPIET/EUPHEM introductory course initiates the fellowship cycle for EPIET and EUPHEM cohort 2015
EPIET and EUPHEM fellows were selected for the fellowship according to precise selection criteria. They should be aware about field epidemiology and public health microbiology (competency level 2). The introductory course should give them the right amount of induction so that they can reach a level by which they could practice under guidance (competency level 3) while the remainder of the fellowship should take them to autonomous practice (competency level 4).
The course in major part of the EPIET/EUPHEM programmes curriculum. The content of the course was validated over the years. The 2014 edition will build on what was conducted in previous years, taking into account feedback from previous evaluations which was that we need to identify ways to improve process for the protocol work, including working on more than one protocol and starting the work earlier during the course.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) aims to strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases.
What it does
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-Analyse and interpret data from EU countries on 52 communicable diseases and conditions, using the European Surveillance System (TESSy)
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-Provide scientific advice to the EU governments and institutions
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-Ensure early detection and analysis of emerging threats to the EU
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-Coordinate the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training(EPIET) and the European Programme for Public Health Microbiology Training (EUPHEM)
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-Help EU governments prepare for outbreaks of disease
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-Organise ESCAIDE, the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology, an annual 3-day scientific conference