Short Term Training Programs

Enrichment programs, workshops and seminars are conducted in-country and at the IHV/UMB when a need is indicated. Our recent short term training programs are listed below.

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with courses in: Regression Analysis in Public Health Research Epidemiology in Evidence-Based Decisions Applications of the Case-Control Method Methods and Applications of Cohort Studies Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS

The University of Washington Principles of STD and HIV Research Summer Course which covered:

• Research Issues with Clinical Implications in STD
• Pathogenesis of STD
• STD/HIV Epidemiology
• Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics for STD and HIV Research
• Issues in Behavioral Research in STD
• Research Issues in HIV Infection

Field Epidemiology Training

The course used a combination of didactic lectures, exercises (including computer-based), case studies and group field exercises. The courses also emphasized skills that would enable participants to use epidemiolgic data and surveillance information to drive the public health decision-making process.

CAREC is currently initiating efforts to establish a Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) to provide a continuous supply of field-trained epidemiologists who are competent in the practical application of epidemiologic and research methods to a wide range of public health problems in their respective countries. As a result of this course, CAREC was able to develop links and exchange information with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the University of Maryland in the area of training public health officials.

These links will be useful when planning future training in the region. These workshops were targeted at persons with leadership potential in public health, such as Medical Officers of Health and National Epidemiologists. Twenty-one (21) participants from 18 CAREC member countries attended the three-week workshop in Applied Epidemiology.

This course was part of the continuing UMD/IHV AITRP/CAREC partnership for training key public health professionals to enhance capacity to combat the AIDS epidemic in the region.

An introduction to the:

• American Red Cross
• biosafety
• field rotations to component laboratories
• quarantine and prelabeling
• component utilization
• donor selection and recruitment
• mobile collections
• clinical services
• donor deferral processes
• data entry
• product management