China CDC holds graduation ceremony for 6th Intermediate FETP
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) held the graduation ceremony for the sixth cohort of the intermediate Field Epidemiology Training Programs (Intermediate FETP) in Changping district, Beijing, on Dec 15, 2021.
The ceremony, presided over by Ma Huilai, vice-president of the CDC Graduate School and director of the Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program (CFETP), brought together more than 80 participants, including deputy director of the China CDC and executive president of the Graduate School, Liu Jianjun, and four other vice-presidents of the Graduate School Luo Huiming、Lu kai、Dai Zheng、Chen Tongnian and the trainees and their supervisors.
Liu Jianjun, deputy director of the China CDC and executive president of the china CDC Graduate School, delivers a speech at the graduation ceremony. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Liu awarded graduation certificates to 40 graduates and took photos with them. He also congratulated the intermediate FETP trainees and thanked the supervisory team for their hard work.
Luo Huiming, director of Office of Education and Training and vice-president of the CDC Graduate School announced the namelists of the graduates. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Ma Huilai, deputy director of Office of Education and Training and vice-president of the CDC Graduate School presided over the ceremony. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Gao Ya, a representative of the sixth class of the intermediate FETP, shares her story. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Gao Ya is the representative of the intermediate FETP. Working at the Center of Disease Control in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Gao said that she has strengthened her dedication to engaging in public health through the intermediate FETP and will work hard in the future using the practical content taught by the tutors.
Sun Jinfang, researcher of the office of epidemiology, China CDC, spoke on behalf of the supervisors.[Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Sun Jinfang, one of the FETP supervisors, said that she is very happy to see the growth of the trainees and expect them to keep their enthusiasm after the graduation and continue to devote themselves to public health practice.
Liu Huihui, deputy director of the CFETP, introduces the training to the sixth cohort intermediate FETP. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Liu Huihui, deputy director of CFETP, introduced the overall recruitment and training of the sixth cohort of the intermediate FETP and the achievements what the trainees have cultivated.
The CFETP is one of 75 Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETP) constituting the Training Programs in the Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network (TEPHINET), a global network aimed at strengthening public health systems across over 100 countries and territories.
The goal of the CFETP is to develop a professional senior field epidemiology workforce for China using internationally recognized standards. The CFETP is currently the second largest national FETP in the world.
In 2016, the China CDC launched the FETP in western China (renamed as an intermediate FETP in 2020). By December 2021, it enrolled a total of 239 students in six cohorts with each cohort per year, building field epidemiology capacities for central and western China.
During nine-months training, the trainees were required to complete three outcomes in disease surveillance data analysis, outbreak investigation and planned study, the 40 sixth cohort graduates completed the required 120 outcomes covering the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, dengue fever, hepatitis B, AIDS, tuberculosis, brucellosis and epidemic hemorrhagic fever etc. successfully, and contributed a lot to their local health emergency response and strengthened their local workforce capacity.
Participants in a group photo at the graduation ceremony. [Photo/chinacdc.cn]
Up to now, the intermediate FETP has cultivated a number of field epidemiologists for the western and northeastern provinces, relieving a shortage of professionals in these areas. In order to respond emergencies efficiently and effectively, National Health Commission established one national team containing 306 experts in September 2021, 58 intermediate FETP graduates are included into the team due to their excellent expertise and recognized contribution to their provincial public health practice.
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