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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2023

Field Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology training: capturing the alumni perspectives of the training's impact.

Justine Schaeffer, Charlotte Christiane Hammer, Iro Evlampidou, Laura Bubba, Zsofia Igloi, Timothée Dub, Annika Wendland, Jane Whelan, Stine Nielsen, Amrish Baidjoe and 2 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Thirty years of an advanced field epidemiology training programme: a mixed-methods evaluation, Germany, 1996 to 2025.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
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  4. Field Epidemiology: Fit for the future.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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  5. Celebrating the third World Field Epidemiology Day: a focus on MediPIET the field epidemiology training programme in Mediterranean and Black Sea countries.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Justine SchaefferEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Charlotte Christiane HammerEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Iro EvlampidouEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Laura BubbaEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Zsofia IgloiEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Timothée DubEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Annika WendlandEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Jane WhelanEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Stine NielsenEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Amrish BaidjoeEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
Alma TostmannEPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.
EPIET Alumni Network Boards 2017–2023EPIET Alumni Network Advisory Board, Saint Maurice, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the findings from the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) Alumni Network (EAN) Member Survey conducted in October to December 2021. The EAN consists of field epidemiologists (EPIET) and public health microbiologists (European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme (EUPHEM)) who stay connected after their 2-year fellowship. This active alumni network provides opportunities for career development, mentorship, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices for community members, affiliated professionals and public health organisations in Europe. Overall, 281 of 732 members participated in the survey. Of the 192 European fellowship alumni respondents, 173 (90%) indicated that skills and competencies acquired during their fellowship improved performance in their role compared with their abilities before the fellowship. Reported skills and competencies that could be further strengthened included data management/analysis, communication, mathematical modelling and leadership/team management. The EAN Member Survey provides valuable feedback to the EAN, as well as the fellowship programme offices at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and affiliated field epidemiology programmes. The COVID-19 pandemic was a stark reminder of how essential cross-border collaborations are for continued European health security. Maintaining and increasing the professional, well-trained workforce remains crucial for optimal response to infectious diseases and protection of public health.

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COVID-19Public HealthCommunicationEuropeHumansPandemicscareer mobilityepidemiologymicrobiologyprofessional educationpublic healthsurveys and questionnaires

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PMID37676148
PMCPMC10486191

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