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What is Mongolian FETP?

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:21 Written by Temuulen Tuesday, 23 February 2010 04:25

Vision

Mongolia has sufficient number of well trained field epidemiologists fully able to meet the country’s public health demands

Goal

  • To produce high-level field epidemiologists and core disease prevention and control staff, and equip them with technical competencies
  • To promote more effective and efficient epidemiological surveillance and outbreak response system
  • To support operational research leading to better public health services

Main objectives

  • Build-up capacity for outbreak of diseases,
  • Strengthening surveillance system
  • Support operational research for better public health services

FETP is competency based training program in applied epidemiology and public health services. It has been adapted in many countries around the world. Up to 40 countries have sustained FETP in these days. FETP conduct outbreak investigations; develop, manage and evaluate public health surveillance system; publish national epidemiology bulletin and carry out applied research. Due to imminent needs for enhancing disease surveillance and rapid response capacity to outbreaks of disease in Mongolia, Ministry of Health (MOH) has initiated FETP in Mongolia with kind support from World Health Organization.

Because of specificity of the country as well as depending from the fund, staff and resources we have 1 year full time training program in field epidemiology (FETP) with an initial cohort of 8 trainees. Mongolian FETP is on track and officially has been started on October 9th, 2009 beginning with 2 months of didactic training. Before it’s commence there have been a lot of preparation works and related activities for training.

Mongolian FETP consists from 2 parts: 2 months in classroom training and 10 months of field work. In classroom training involves 9 weeks of course materials with 2 teaching session each day. It exposes trainees to basic epidemiological methods, theories, and tools. During following 10 months MFETP trainees do field work with a strong emphasis on field experience in areas such as outbreak investigations, surveillance and operational research. It provides trainees with hands-on experience in solving actual public health problems and helps them to develop skills that will allow them to play significant roles in the public health system of our country. Trainees work on service projects which benefit to FETP implementing organization (MOH).

Mongolian FETP competencies

Epidemiologic Methods

1. Use epidemiologic practices to conduct studies that improve public health program delivery

2. Respond to outbreaks

Biostatistics and computer technology

3. Analyze epidemiological data using appropriate statistical methods

4. Use computers for specific applications relevant to public health practices

Public Health Surveillance

5. Manage a public health surveillance system

Laboratory and clinical diagnosis

6. Use laboratory resources to support epidemiologic activities

7. Use clinical knowledge to support epidemiologic activities

Communication

8. Develop written public health communications and scientific report

9. Develop and deliver oral public health communications

10. Proposal development

Priority diseases and public health issues

11. Major national public health concerns

12. Mongolian and International Health Laws and Regulations

Duration of the training

One year

Curriculum

Capacities for surveillance, outbreak response, and operational research

Implementing organization

Ministry of Health of Mongolia

Hosting organization

National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD)

Supporting organization

World Health Organization

Affiliated institutions