Table. Characteristics of respondents of the EPIET Alumni Network Member Survey, October–December 2021 (n = 281).
| Characteristics | All respondents (n = 281) |
ECDC EU-track (n = 143) |
ECDC MS-track (n = 41) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Programme | ||||||
| EPIET EU-track | 113 | 40.2 | 113 | 79.0 | NA | |
| EPIET MS-track | 33 | 11.7 | NA | 33 | 80.5 | |
| EUPHEM EU-track | 30 | 10.7 | 30 | 21.0 | NA | |
| EUPHEM MS-track | 8 | 2.8 | NA | 8 | 19.5 | |
| PAE (German FETP) | 43 | 15.3 | NA | |||
| UK FETP | 17 | 6.0 | ||||
| Other European FETP | 6 | 2.1 | ||||
| Non-European FETP | 1 | 0.4 | ||||
| None | 22 | 7.8 | ||||
| Missing | 8 | 2.8 | ||||
| Current status | ||||||
| EPIET or EUPHEM fellow | 37 | 13.2 | 19 | 13.3 | 10 | 24.4 |
| Alumnus | 244 | 86.8 | 124 | 86.7 | 31 | 75.6 |
| Current job: type of organisationa | (n = 211) | (n = 122) | (n = 31) | |||
| National public health institute | 86 | 40.8 | 35 | 28.7 | 22 | 71 |
| World Health Organization | 20 | 9.5 | 19 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sub-national public health institute | 19 | 9.0 | 8 | 6.6 | 5 | 16.1 |
| Hospital or practice | 15 | 7.1 | 8 | 6.6 | 2 | 6.5 |
| ECDC | 14 | 6.6 | 10 | 8.2 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Academia | 13 | 6.2 | 8 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Other private sector | 11 | 5.2 | 11 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NGO | 7 | 3.3 | 6 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-employed | 5 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Pharmaceutical company | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Other international public health organisation | 4 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 16 | 7.6 | 9 | 7.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Current job: main area of worka | (n = 210) | (n = 121) | (n = 31) | |||
| Communication and advice to authorities | 57 | 27.1 | 28 | 23.1 | 15 | 48.4 |
| Data analysis | 47 | 22.4 | 30 | 24.8 | 6 | 19.4 |
| Research | 22 | 10.5 | 11 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication and advice to the public | 19 | 9.0 | 12 | 9.9 | 4 | 12.9 |
| Team management | 9 | 4.3 | 4 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Data management | 8 | 3.8 | 6 | 5.0 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Routine diagnostics | 6 | 2.9 | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Clinical work | 5 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Surveillance | 4 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Project management | 3 | 1.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Development of diagnostic tests | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Modelling | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Teaching and capacity building | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Outbreak investigation | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 23 | 11 | 14 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Current job: disease areaa | (n = 210) | (n = 121) | (n = 31) | |||
| Respiratory diseases | 39 | 18.6 | 28 | 23.1 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Generalist | 39 | 18.6 | 19 | 15.7 | 6 | 19.4 |
| Other | 39 | 18.6 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 38.7 |
| Hospital-acquired infection | 26 | 12.4 | 10 | 8.3 | 5 | 16.1 |
| Vaccine preventable diseases | 22 | 10.5 | 21 | 17.4 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Zoonotic infections | 21 | 10 | 12 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Food and waterborne | 5 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Non communicable diseases | 5 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Sexually transmitted diseases | 5 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Vector borne diseases | 5 | 2.4 | 4 | 3.3 | 3 | 9.7 |
| Blood borne diseases | 4 | 1.9 | 4 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Where was your first job after the fellowship?a,b n (%) 'yes' | (n = 211) | (n = 143) | (n = 41) | |||
| Country of citizenship | 109 | 51.7 | 49 | 34.3 | 28 | 68.3 |
| Country of fellowship | 71 | 33.6 | 36 | 25.2 | 13 | 31.7 |
| Other country in Europe | 24 | 11.4 | 16 | 11.2 | 1 | 2.4 |
| Outside of Europe | 27 | 12.8 | 22 | 15.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Remote | 5 | 2.4 | 4 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Where have you mostly worked after the fellowship?a,b | (n = 211) | (n = 143) | (n = 41) | |||
| Country of citizenship | 143 | 67.8 | 74 | 51.7 | 29 | 70.7 |
| Country of fellowship | 79 | 37.4 | 45 | 31.5 | 14 | 34.1 |
| Other country in Europe | 77 | 36.5 | 59 | 41.3 | 3 | 7.3 |
ECDC: European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention; EPIET: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training; EU: European Union ; EUPHEM: European Public Health Microbiology Training Programme; FETP: Field Epidemiology Training Program; MS: Member State; NA: not available; NGO: non-governmental organisation; PAE: Postgraduate Training for Applied Epidemiology (German FETP); UK: United Kingdom.
a Current fellows excluded (n = 37).
b More than one answer was possible.