Publisher DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.6.2200517
Title: Core competencies in applied infectious disease epidemiology : a framework for countries in Europe
Language: English
Authors: Plymoth, Amelie 
Codd, Mary B. 
Barry, Julia 
Boncan, Adrian 
Bosman, Arnold 
Conyard, Karl F. 
Czabanowska, Katarzyna 
Davidovitch, Nadav 
Filipe, Rodrigo 
Gonzalez, Lorena 
Leighton, Lore 
Middleton, John 
Ndirangu, Michael 
Otok, Robert 
Reid, John 
Reintjes, Ralf 
Shickle, Darren 
Syed, Shiraz 
Wall, Patrick 
Pommier, Jeanine 
Keywords: ASPHER; European Union; ECDC; workforce; control; core competencies; epidemiology; framework; infectious diseases; prevention; public health; public health expert; self-assessment
Issue Date: Feb-2023
Publisher: Europäische Kommission
Journal or Series Name: Eurosurveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 
Volume: 28
Issue: 6
Abstract: 
In 2009, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) developed a competency framework to support European Union countries and the European Commission in ensuring a competent public health workforce for Europe. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic emphasised the importance of harmonised public health strategies and competencies across international boundaries, specifically for infectious diseases. This perspective presents the process to update the competency framework for applied infectious disease epidemiology, highlighting ECDC's efforts to support countries with using the framework. ECDC commissioned the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) to update the framework through publication and dissemination of a technical report and a self-assessment tool linked to training resources. A mixed methods approach to gather input from experts in relevant specialities included qualitative interviews with 42 experts, workshops with ECDC Technical Advisory Group and an online survey of 212 public health professionals across Europe and beyond. Modifications resulted in 157 core competencies in 23 domains, each mapping to one of six subject areas of importance in applied infectious disease epidemiology. The framework serves as a basis to update the curriculum of the ECDC Fellowship programme with two alternative paths: intervention epidemiology or public health microbiology.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12738/15197
ISSN: 1560-7917
Review status: This version was peer reviewed (peer review)
Institute: Department Gesundheitswissenschaften 
Fakultät Life Sciences 
Type: Article
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