FETP - Additional Resources

TEPHINET Website
Created in 1997, Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET) is a professional network of field epidemiology training programs (FETPs) located in 48 countries around the world. TEPHINET aims to strengthen international public health capacity by training field epidemiologists through an applied apprenticeship program. Trainees of FETPs master a set of core competencies that are vital to the practice of public health, while providing a valuable public health service to their countries and regions.

TEPHINET Library
The TEPHINET Library is a place for groups to share and discuss knowledge about public health and other topics of interest to the community. The Library includes a searchable archive of training materials, case studies, abstracts, presentations and FETP standard curricula.

WHO SEARO Virtual Resource Center (VRC)
The VRC increases access to competency-based learning materials in public health and fosters exchange of such materials. It encourages public health training institutions to use, adapt, translate and share the learning materials. Institutions can send the adapted version to the VRC for eventual posting if resources allow a process of quality control.

CDC Foodborne Case Studies
These case studies are interactive exercises developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices. They are based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems and were developed in collaboration with the original investigators and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The case studies require students to apply their epidemiologic knowledge and skills to problems confronted by public health practitioners at the local, state, and national level every day.

CDC EIS Case Studies
The case studies in applied epidemiology have been developed at CDC and used in training for Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officers, "disease detectives". The case studies allow students to practice their epidemiologic skills in the classroom to carefully crafted exercises that detail real public health problems.

EXCITE! (Excellence in Curriculum Innovation through Teaching Epidemiology and the Science of Public Health)
EXCITE! is a collection of teaching and reference materials developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to introduce and excite youth from kindergarten through 12th grade about the knowledge and skills utilized by public health professionals. The information presented in EXCITE! includes such academic subjects as life sciences, epidemiology, mathematics, social studies, language arts, and health education. Topics applicable to all levels of instruction include elementary statistical concepts, scientific method of inquiry, and outbreak investigation.