Table 1.

Education and Training opportunities in genetic metabolic diseases offered by the IEM Reference Center

Type	Target audience	Hours per week	Duration	Options	Sponsors	Places per year
Intensive Training—Short term	Medical doctors, dietitians, biologists, biochemists, technicians	40 to 60	1 to 3 months	Metabolic Clinics, Biochemical genetics lab, Molecular genetics laboratory lab	Latin American Society of IEM, private companies, public agencies, trainee institutions	12
Intensive Training Long-term	Medical doctors with previous training in Pediatrics, Medical Genetics or Child Neurology	40 to 60	12 months	Metabolic clinics training and laboratory overview	Unrestricted educational grants from pharmaceutical companies	2
Advanced Course on Diagnosis and Treatment of Metabolic Diseases	Medical doctors, dietitians, biochemists, molecular biologists	60 h	One week	Lectures, case discussions and lab training	Unrestricted educational grants from pharmaceutical companies	25
MSc and PhD programs	Graduates from the biomedical courses, Health professionals	40 h	2 to 4 years	Credits from courses, dissertation or thesis	Fellowships granted by post-graduation agencies	8
Scientific Initiation	Undergraduate students	12 to 20	12 months (could be extended)	Clinics, laboratory, logistic, research	Research Agencies	6