Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Springer Nature - PMC COVID-19 Collection logoLink to Springer Nature - PMC COVID-19 Collection
. 2009 Feb 12;52(2):203. [Article in German] doi: 10.1007/s00103-009-0760-5

Ausbildungsprogramme für angewandte Epidemiologie in Deutschland und Europa

Intervention epidemiology training programs in Germany and Europe. An investment in our future

Viviane Bremer 1,3,✉, Katharina Alpers 2, Gérard Krause 2
PMCID: PMC7079894  PMID: 19214461

Abstract

Outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS and influenza can have a profound impact on society. Therefore, training epidemiologists in infectious diseases control is of crucial importance. The German Postgraduate training in Applied Epidemiology (PAE) at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET) are striving to meet these challenges. Currently, 27 and 12 persons of German origin have joined PAE and EPIET, respectively. A total of 17 out of the 36 alumni started working at the RKI, regional or local German health authorities after completing their training. Since 2006, the number of yearly admitted fellows increased from 3 to 6 in PAE, and 9 to 19 in EPIET and 5 state health departments have been added as training sites. The collaboration between EPIET and PAE has been strengthened and diversified in recent years. Alumni of these programs will play a key role in the control of infectious diseases in Germany and Europe.

Keywords: field epidemiology, training, PAE, EPIET, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Literatur

  • 1.Lam Respirology. 2003;8:S2. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00516.x. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 2.Olsen N Engl J Med. 2003;349:2416. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa031349. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 3.Lau J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57:864. doi: 10.1136/jech.57.11.864. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 4.Peiris Clin Microbiol Rev. 2007;20:243. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00037-06. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 5.Webby Science. 2003;302:1519. doi: 10.1126/science.1090350. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 6.Richtlinie 2003/99/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 17. November 2003 zur Überwachung von Zoonosen und Zoonosenerregern und zur Änderung der Entscheidung 90/424/ EWG des Rates sowie zur Aufhebung der Richtlinie 92/117/EWG des Rates. Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union L 325/31 vom 12.12.2003
  • 7.Rodier Euro Surveill. 2006;11:208. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 8.Danzon Euro Surveill. 2004;9:2. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 9.Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control (http://ecdc.europa.eu/About_us/ Key_Documents/ecdc_regulations.pdf )
  • 10.Petersen Gesundheitswesen. 1997;59:696. [Google Scholar]
  • 11.Petersen Emerg Infect Dis. 2000;6:576. doi: 10.3201/eid0606.000605. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 12.Ammon Euro Surveill Mar. 2001;6:43. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 13.Moren Moren. 1996;1:30. [Google Scholar]
  • 14.Van Loock Euro Surveill. 2001;6:37. doi: 10.2807/esm.06.03.00218-en. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 15.Bremer Bundesgesundheitsbl Gesundheitsforsch Gesundheitsschutz. 2005;48:1049. doi: 10.1007/s00103-005-1116-4. [DOI] [Google Scholar]
  • 16.Thacker Am J Epidemiol. 2001;154:985. doi: 10.1093/aje/154.11.985. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz are provided here courtesy of Nature Publishing Group

RESOURCES