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Continuous professional
development training activities
Course listings 2022
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Introduction and guide 3
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Courses organized by format 6
Courses organized by theme 67
EU Initiative on Health Security courses 83
Contact us 90
2 < >Introduction
Continuous professional development activities at ECDC aim to
meet the institutional needs of the Coordinating Competent
Bodies of Member States to sustain a competent workforce
that is sufficiently skilled to effectively address cross-border
health threats.
The legal basis for ECDC’s activities in this area are is the
Centre’s Founding Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 and Decision
(EU) No 1082/2013 on Serious Cross-Border Threats to
Health. The ECDC Public Health Training Strategy, endorsed by
the ECDC Management Board in June 2015, presents
continuous professional development as one of the two core
training efforts of ECDC, the other being the ECDC Fellowship
Programme (EPIET/EUPHEM).
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self-paced e-learning 28
webinar 56
training materials 61
6 < >1. Epitweetr version 1.0 (2021/2022): early detection of public health threats using Twitter data 8
instructor-led 2. Introduction to ECDC Geographical Information System (GIS) tools 9
3. Advanced WGS of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 10
4. Wet lab course: influenza 11
5. Wet lab course – SARS – CoV-2 12
6. VectorNet: Introduction to entomology for public health and animal health experts 13
7. EVD-LabNet: Laboratory diagnostic of emerging alphavirus 14
8. EVD-LabNet: Introduction to laboratory diagnostic for public health and animal health experts 15
9. Training in vaccine acceptance targeting frontline healthcare workers 16
10. ECDC Hospital-Associated Infections outbreak investigation course 2022 17
11. Train-the-trainer workshop for Western Balkans on raising awareness for prevention of
Legionnaires’ disease associated to touristic accommodation sites 18
12. Control of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in healthcare settings 19
13. Winter Workshop 2022 21
14. Summer School 2022: Emerging challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic in ethics, risk
communication, and public health emergency preparedness and response 22
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Epitweetr version 1.0
(2021/2022): early
Target audience
detection of public
Public health experts using Twitter as source to detect signals or experts working on epidemic intelligence.
health threats using
Twitter data Objectives Description
After completing this training, the participants Epitweetr allows users to automatically monitor trends of
This course is not open for public will be able to: tweets by time, place and topic, with the aim of detecting
enrolment, participation is through public health threats early through signals (i.e. an
• Understand the aims of epitweetr in the
invitation. unusual increase in the number of tweets). It was
context of epidemic intelligence
• Understand the principles of how epitweetr designed to support public health experts with the early
works detection of threats from infectious diseases but can be
TBD, 0.5 to 1 day • Analyse, categorise and interpret signals in the extended to all hazards and other fields of study by
alert page and use the dashboard to get more modifying the topics and keywords.
information To make epitweetr as widely available as possible, R was
Stockholm or online • Acquire skills in using the pages of epitweetr chosen as the computing platform. R is free, open
application source, and runs on any modern operating system.
• Understand the signal detection settings that
Epitweetr can be downloaded free of charge from ECDC’s
are in the configuration page by using the
Epidemic Intelligence website, the CRAN website (for CRAN users) or GitHub
dashboard
(for GitHub users).
• Understand how to change the configurable
setting in the configuration page such as This hands-on session aims to provide an understanding
specifications for topics (including query of the usage and functionalities of epitweetr for the early
syntax), languages, important users, detection of public health threats using Twitter data.
subscribers and countries & regions The training methods include presentations,
This training is not intended to cover the demonstrations and short practical exercises in plenary
installation of epitweetr. and small groups, depending on the number of
participants.
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Introduction to ECDC
Geographical
Information System Target audience
(GIS) tools Public Health professionals from the ECDC surveillance/disease networks.
Objectives Description
This course is not open for public After completing this course, the participants The ECDC Geoportal is a centralised platform for
enrolment, participation is through will be able to: finding and accessing geographical information and
invitation. associated geographic services related to infectious
• Prepare maps with the ECDC map maker diseases.
(EMMa); The ECDC Map Maker tool (EMMa) is a web-based GIS
Two hours update, offered twice a • Find and access geodata in the ECDC
year. tool designed for communicable disease surveillance
geoportal. experts to help identify patterns in communicable
disease surveillance data or during outbreaks
Stockholm or conducted investigations.
remotely via videoconferencing. The course will help public health professionals make
the best of ECDC GIS tools, which are freely available.
Surveillance
Digitalisation in Public Health
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Course on advanced
WGS of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Target audience Objectives
Up to eight candidates from EU/EEA countries To provide a combination of interactive lectures
This course is not open for public satisfying specific criteria (see below) will be and practical (bioinformatic) training to the
enrolment, participation is through identified in an open competitive process. experts working in the field of M. tuberculosis
invitation. Candidates could be nominated by NRLs within molecular surveillance and WGS.
ERLTB-Net-2 and include people actively involved
in TB WGS implementation.
Q2 / 3-5 days
Description
The following aspects of WGS of M. tuberculosis will be covered:
OSR in Milan, Italy
• Overview of NGS data analysis;
• WGS data interpretation based on WHO mutation catalogue V2
• Use of NGS web-tools and software for WGS analysis of MTBC sequence data;
• Guide for interpreting the phylogenetic tree;
Tuberculosis Programme • Bioinformatic training including:
• -General tutorial to Install Ubuntu Alongside;
• -MTBseq Installation tutorial based on the manual of MTBseq pipeline and it’s GitHub page;
Public Health Microbiology • -MTBseq Tutorial that helps the user to run MTBseq for primary and comparative analysis.
10 CPD course listings 2022 < >home › format › instructor-led ›
Wet lab course:
influenza
Target audience Objectives
This course is not open for public One person per network laboratory and a After completing this course, the participants
enrolment, participation is through maximum of 10 selected representatives of the will be able to:
invitation. national influenza reference laboratories from • apply specific skills and techniques in
EU/EEA countries. Selection will be through the detection, characterisation and isolation of
European Reference Laboratory Network for influenza and other respiratory viruses;
Q1-2 / 3-5 days
Human Influenza (ERLI-Net). • utilise specific knowledge on the
bioinformatics of influenza and other
respiratory viruses.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Greece (or via video conferencing)
Description
Wet lab course focusing on virus detection, virus characterisation, virus isolation and bioinformatics.
Influenza and other Respiratory
Viruses Programme
Public Health Microbiology
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Wet lab course:
SARS – CoV-2
Target audience Objectives
This course is not open for public One person per network laboratory and a After completing this course, the participants
enrolment, participation is through maximum of 10 selected representatives of the will be able to:
invitation. national COVID-19 reference laboratories from • apply specific skills and techniques in
EU/EEA countries. detection, characterisation and isolation of
SARS-CoV-2;
Q1-2 / 3-5 days Selection will be through the European COVID-19 • utilise specific knowledge on the
Reference Laboratory Network (ECOVID-LabNet). bioinformatics of SARS-CoV-2.
Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece (or via
video conferencing)
Description
Wet lab course focusing on virus detection, virus characterisation, virus isolation and bioinformatics.
COVID-19
Public Health Microbiology
12 CPD course listings 2022 < >home › format › instructor-led ›
VectorNet:
Introduction to
entomology for public Target audience
health and animal Public health experts and animal health experts from EU/EEA Member States will be invited.
health experts
Objectives
This course is not open for public After following this course, participants will understand:
enrolment, participation is through • what are the main groups of vectors, what is their medical and veterinary relevance;
invitation. • what is their ecology;
• behaviour and life cycle;
• how you collect and identify them;
Q3, 3 days • how you measure the seasonality and abundance;
• what are the main principles of vector surveillance and control.
Description
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
In a One health approach, the training will provide basics knowledge about entomology to support the
assessment of events.
Emerging and Vector-borne
Diseases Programme
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EVD-LabNet:
Laboratory diagnostic
of emerging Target audience
alphavirus The primary audience is the EVD-LabNet network members. Additional participants might be considered if
the setting allows.
This course is not open for public
enrolment, participation is through Objectives
invitation.
The training will address issues related to laboratory diagnosis of emerging alphavirus.
2 to 4 February, mornings only Description
The programme is under development.
Online
Emerging and Vector-borne
Diseases Programme
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EVD-LabNet:
Introduction to
laboratory diagnostic Target audience
for public health and Public health experts from EU/EEA Member States, enlargement countries and ENP countries will be the
animal health experts primary audience. The course will be open to selected animal health experts from EU/EEA Member States.
Objectives
This course is not open for public
enrolment, participation is through In a One health approach, the training will provide basics knowledge about laboratory diagnostics to
invitation. support the assessment of events.
Q3-Q4, 2-3 days Description
TBD
Face-to-face, location to be defined.
Emerging and Vector-borne
Diseases Programme
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Training in vaccine
acceptance targeting
frontline health Target audience
workers Public health (PH) professionals and frontline health workers (FHW) involved in, or responsible for vaccine-
preventable diseases at national and sub-national levels, and involved in training, or in designing training
curricula for FHW on increasing vaccination acceptance.
This course is not open for public
enrolment, participation is through
invitation. Objectives
At the end of the course the participants will have updated their knowledge on vaccine acceptance
and vaccine hesitancy and improved their skills in communicating for motivating the adoption of a
Approximately 2-3 days
healthier behavior.
The course will be modular, with Description
some modules available on ECDC The course will focus on:
Virtual Academy (EVA) and others • vaccine acceptance and vaccine hesitancy;
delivered face-to-face in Stockholm • specific elements of vaccine hesitancy related to different vaccines, and a special focus on
COVID-19 vaccines;
• communication and principles of effective one-to-one communication;
Vaccine Preventable • elements of communicating for reaching a change in behaviour;
Diseases Programme • principles in identifying and following-up on vaccine hesitancy;
• practice of communicating with a patient/ person to motivate her/him to accept vaccination.
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ECDC Hospital-
Associated Infections
Outbreak Investigation Target audience
Course Specialists in public health, epidemiology, microbiology, and infection and control who are involved in
outbreak investigations in the healthcare settings. Risk managers who are responsible for analysing outputs
from outbreak investigations and trainers who provide training on related outbreak investigations within
their country.
This course is not open for public
enrolment, participation is through
invitation. Objectives
Upon completing this course, the participants should be able to:
Q2/3 2022 • apply the principles of outbreak investigation;
• validate outbreak diagnosis, case definition and number of cases;
• describe data according to time, place and person characteristics;
• formulate and test hypothesis based on the descriptive data, suspected source, vehicle, biological
Web-based plausibility and compatibility of the epidemiological results;
• develop and evaluate the effectiveness of control and preventive measures;
• prepare information for cascading based on the content of the workshop.
Antimicrobial Resistance and
Healthcare associated
Infections Programme Description
This short course will strengthen the capacity of the EU/EEA countries on the application of scientific
principles and concepts in the investigation and control of HAI outbreaks in acute care health facilities.
This being an interactive course, participants will be invited to share their experiences during the
training. The ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA) will be used for both the pre- and post- course activities and
for providing access to the training materials.
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Train-the-trainer
workshop for Western
Target audience Objectives
Balkans on raising
The participation in this course will be based on the Upon completion of this course, the participant
awareness for ongoing framework of ECDC Technical EU Pre-accession. will be able to:
prevention of Through this framework, ECDC will invite 3-4 designated
• identify the risk, sources and the control
representatives from EU enlargement country. The invited
Legionnaires’ disease participants will have previous experience in:
measures for Legionella associated with
accommodation sites
associated to touristic • Legionnaires’ disease epidemiology and preferably
• discuss technical limitations in the
nominated for ECDC EPIS ELDSNet access;
accommodation sites • Environmental sampling, laboratory testing or control of
investigation and prevention of Legionella in
accommodation sites
Legionella bacteria;
• Communication, training or prevention awareness • utilise the materials reviewed when training
This course is not open for public the local teams in their country
enrolment, participation is through activities;
• Implementing local/regional level action in responding to • plan and implement half-day information
invitation.
Legionella cases/outbreaks or site investigations. seminars in their own country
Two EU MS experts will be invited to share their experience • discuss country experiences of working
March 2022/TBD in working with accommodation owners, travel towards prevention of Legionnaires' disease
organisations, and relevant national authorities for associated with tourist accommodation.
Legionella prevention and response.
Montenegro (or via video-
conferencing) Description
The workshop aims to support Enlargement countries in raising awareness on the risks and prevention
Influenza and other Respiratory measures of Legionnaires' disease in accommodation sites. This train-the-trainers workshop will provide a
Viruses Programme practical training for national experts working on Legionnaires’ disease to enable them to facilitate and
deliver an information seminar in their country’s language and legislative setting. As the workshop and the
relevant materials will be provided in English, any required translation to different languages or adaptation
to national legislation/guidelines will be organised by participants.
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Control of multidrug-
resistant organisms
Target audience
(MDROs) in healthcare
The target audience are healthcare professionals from EU/EEA member states with current or future
settings (1/2) responsibility for prevention and control of HAIs working at national or local level. Typically, these are mid-
career professionals involved in infection control programmes to prevent HAIs at hospital level: Infection
control/hospital hygiene practitioners; Hospital physicians/specialist physicians and other antibiotic
This course is not open for public prescribers; Hospital epidemiologists; Clinical microbiologists.
enrolment, participation is through
invitation. Objectives
The scope of the course is to strengthen capacity in EU Member States and the European Economic Area
(EEA) in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) due to multidrug-resistant
Q4/4 days (half-days) organisms (MDROs) in acute health care settings, and to promote the broad implementation of appropriate
measures in the EU. The objectives of the course are to encourage and promote team building of
professionals with responsibilities and an interest in prevention and control of HAIs, and to share knowledge
and best practices in the field of infection control.
Instructor-led web-based
The topics covered by the course will include:
• Introduction to MDROs from microbiological and epidemiological perspectives;
• Laboratory investigations and methods (identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, good
Antimicrobial Resistance and
laboratory practice);
Healthcare associated
• Antibiotic stewardship (antibiotic policies, measures for improvement of prescribing)
Infections Programme
• Infection control principles (evidence-based practice, effective infection control interventions and
measures);
• Surveillance of HAIs
• Application to practice (application of interventions to control MDROs in healthcare settings, transparent
reporting of outbreaks and interventions).
• Behavioural drivers influencing antibiotic prescribing and infection prevention and control practices.
19 CPD course listings 2022 < >home › format › instructor-led ›
Control of multidrug-
resistant organisms
(MDROs) in healthcare Description
settings (2/2) The training is designed to strengthen capacity in EU Member States and the European Economic Area
(EEA) in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) due to multidrug-
resistant organisms (MDROs) in acute healthcare settings, and to promote the broad implementation of
This course is not open for public appropriate measures in the EU. The course will be delivered using blended learning, with pre-course
enrolment, participation is through activities and a four-day instructor-led online course. As pre-course activities, a self-paced e-learning
invitation. on Antibiotic Stewardship whose aim is to strengthen capacity regarding healthcare-associated
infections due to MDROs in acute care settings and to promote the implementation of appropriate
measures is included. A self-paced video lecture to help participants understand the drivers and
modifiers of antibiotic prescribing and infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings
Q4/4 days will also be provided. The course will be delivered in English.
Instructor-led web-based
Antimicrobial Resistance and
Healthcare associated
Infections Programme
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ECDC 2022 Winter
workshop: Recovery –
Target audience Objectives
from lessons identified
The course has been designed for public • Identify the broad scope of the recovery processes
to lessons learned health professionals, who as part of their • Review the in action and after-action review
professional responsibility are or are likely methodology – tailoring to enhance the recovery process
to be involved in the management or the • Identify relevant resources and tools to aid in the process
This course is not open for public delivery of the transition from the of reviewing and consolidating lessons identified and
enrolment, participation is through prolonged acute phase of the COVID-19 incorporating them into the future preparedness planning
invitation. pandemic into the recovery phase, and process
who commit, as one step towards • Share examples from your own experiences of good
strengthening the capacity of countries, to practice in implementing lessons to improve
Nov 29, Dec 1, 6 (half-days) cascade knowledge gained from the preparedness
training in their professional setting. • Prepare an activity to cascade learning in your
institutions or country of origin based on the content of
the workshop
Instructor-led web-based
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in our lifetimes and recovery from it will be long
and complex. However, it is important to ensure that we learn from the pandemic and that we are
Preparedness and Response better prepared in the future. The length of the pandemic has meant that we have adapted our
response in part to address the specific issues raised by COVID-19. In addition, After-Action Reviews
(AAR) and In Action Reviews (IARs) will identify many lessons to take forward. It is therefore important
to have in place processes that consider how much of what we identify we embed in practice, how
much requires further development and how that development might be achieved, and what we can
discard as it was specific to that situation at that time and therefore adds no ongoing value. The
workshop will bring together ECDC and other international organisations and public health
professionals to exchange experiences, views and explore how to ensure that we plan more effectively
for the next infectious disease emergency, whatever that might look like.
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Summer School 2022:
Emerging challenges
Objectives
from the COVID-19 • Be able to reflect on public health ethical issues • Describe the new regulations and frameworks in the area of
pandemic in ethics, risk in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic European Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response:
‣ Interpret ECDC new mandate in relation to the task of the
communication, and • Understand the key principles of communicating
development of digital platforms for epidemiological
public health risks to the general population
public health during and after a public health crisis: surveillance.
‣ Get to know the updated ECDC mandate that provides for
emergency ‣ Recognise the importance of timeliness,
the establishment of an EU Health Task Force which can, on
transparency, and consistency
preparedness and ‣ Recognise the need to maintain trust in request, assist member states with their preparedness and
response planning and response to the outbreak of
response (1/2) public health advice
‣ Recognise the importance of monitoring communicable diseases.
public perceptions and information ‣ Get exposed to HERA regulations and be able to recal its
This course is not open for public needs role to ensure the development, manufacturing,
enrolment, participation is through ‣ Understand the challenges of procurement, and distribution of medical countermeasures
invitation. communicating uncertainty, as evidence against health threats in case of cross-border health
evolves over time, more information emergencies.
comes to light, and as the ‣ Recognize the revised cross-border threats to health
29 April, 3, 4 May (half-days) legislation, which provides for the establishment of an EU
epidemiological situation changes
‣ Share examples, from their own health crisis and pandemic plan, including exchange of
experiences, of risk communication information, early warning and risk management.
Instructor-led, online approaches that have effectively ‣ Become acquaintance with the EU4Health second work
informed policy makers and/or the programme to build stronger, more resilient health systems
general population. and pave the way for the European Health Union and the
opportunities for Member States in the focus areas of crisis
• Prepare an activity to cascade learning in their
Communication in Public Health preparedness, disease prevention, health systems and
institutions or country of origin based on the
healthcare workforce, and digitalisation.
content of the workshop.
‣ Identify WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence
mission and its synergies with ECDC.
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Summer School 2022:
Emerging challenges
from the COVID-19 Target audience
pandemic in ethics, risk The training has been designed for public health professionals in the national public health institutes,
communication, and actively working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and who commit, as one step towards
strengthening in-country capacity, to cascade knowledge gained from the training in their professional
public health setting.
emergency
preparedness and Description
response (2/2) The overall aim of this course is to highlight and discuss some of the emerging challenges from the
COVID-19 pandemic in ethics, risk communication, and public health emergency preparedness and
response. The training will bring together public health professionals to exchange information, experiences
This course is not open for public and views.
enrolment, participation is through
invitation.
29 April, 3, 4 May (half-days)
Instructor-led, online
Communication in Public Health
22 CPD course listings 2022 < >1. Senior Exchange Initiative 2022: in the technical areas where ECDC contributes to
professional exchange capacity against communicable diseases 25
2. Food and Waterborne Diseases Expert Exchange Programme (FWDEEP) 26
24 < >home › format › professional exchange ›
Senior exchange 2022
Target audience
Ad hoc expert exchange visits
might take place during the Q3 and Senior exchange is targeted to experts working with public health institutes at the national, regional or
Q4, depending on the pandemic local level.
situation
Objectives Description
Different Member States within The senior exchange provides the participants This training format is based on exchange visits
EU/EEA with the unique opportunity to familiarise and aims to provide bilateral learning
themselves with working methods of other EU opportunities. The exchange visits are self-
countries, and allows the host sites to share organised, meaning the visiting expert and the
their experience, and build closer links to other host site agree on topics, scope and objectives.
institutions. The initiative aims at creating a The visiting expert is expected to share their
network and trust among colleagues and acquired expertise with others in his/her home
supporting the European dimension in public country and to report these activities to ECDC.
health through cooperation.
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Food and Waterborne
Diseases Expert
Exchange Programme Target audience
(FWDEEP) (1/2) The FWDEEP is open to all technical experts working in an EU/EEA public health institute or laboratory at the
national, regional, or local level. Each applicant is required to provide a written support from the relevant
National Focal Point (NFP) or National Coordinator (NC) of his/her country to qualify for participation.
Ad hoc expert exchange Professional profiles of applicants may include epidemiologist, microbiologist, laboratory technician,
visits might take place bioinformatician, quality assurance expert, or any other public health expert fulfilling the national interest for
during Q3 and Q4, capacity-building.
depending on the The selected participants should have expertise in one or more of the diseases covered by ECDC’s Food and
pandemic situation. waterborne diseases and zoonoses mandate (anthrax, botulism, brucellosis, campylobacteriosis, cholera,
cryptosporidiosis, echinococcosis, giardiasis, hepatitis A, Legionnaires’ disease, leptospirosis, listeriosis,
salmonellosis, shigellosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinellosis, tularaemia, typhoid and paratyphoid fever, Creutzfeldt-
EU/EEA country (TBD by the Jakob disease, Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin -producing Escherichia coli infection (STEC/VTEC), and yersiniosis).
applicant)
Objectives
Food and Waterborne Diseases The programme offers a flexible training opportunity addressing the ad hoc learning needs so that technical
and Zoonoses Programme experts can receive a targeted and hands-on training, which will develop their skills and competencies when the
need has emerged. Vice versa, a technical expert may visit another laboratory/institute to offer e.g. trouble-
shooting in a laboratory or hands-on training support in outbreak investigations.
The learning objectives are:
• to facilitate harmonisation and sharing of good laboratory practices across the EU/EEA;
• to encourage mutual learning and networking within the EU/EEA;
• to improve countries’ national, regional, or local capacities and competence to diagnose and identify the
organisms causing the diseases, particularly as part of surveillance; and
• to respond to outbreaks/clusters and apply relevant methods for the outbreak investigation.
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Food and Waterborne
Diseases Expert
Exchange Programme Description
Each visit should be organised around one or a few specific topics that are identifiable as gaps or
(FWDEEP) (2/2) problems in the applicant’s home country (trainee applicant) or at the host institution (trainer applicant).
The successful applicant and host institution in case of trouble-shooting support are expected to cascade
newly gained knowledge to their colleagues with the desired effect of significantly improving competence
Ad hoc expert exchange
in the topic areas.
visits will take place
during the Q3 and Q4, Individual experts will spend two to five days in a selected host site and receive (trainee) or provide
depending on the (trainer) on-the-job training/trouble shooting. After the exchange, each participant or hosting site is
pandemic situation expected to cascade newly gained knowledge to their colleagues in their respective home country. The
participants are expected to have an impact on improving public health laboratory capability and
surveillance, as well as detection and response to food- and waterborne and zoonotic disease outbreaks.
EU/EEA country (TBD by the
applicant) At the end of the visit, the expert is expected to submit a short report of the exchange, as per the
FWDEEP report template. This report will summarise the experience, outlining its scope and topics and
detailing the outcomes and skills that were acquired and problems that were addressed, thereby
highlighting how the knowledge and learning objectives were met. It will conclude by explaining how the
Food and Waterborne Diseases skills and knowledge gained through the exchange will be incorporated into the relevant institution(s) in
and Zoonoses Programme the Member State.
You can find more information about the course on this link: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/about-
us/work-us/scientific-exchange-programmes/fwd-expert-exchange-programme
27 CPD course listings 2022 < >1. Introduction to Outbreak Investigation 29
2. PRECEPT – a framework for assessing and grading evidence in public health 30
3. Introduction to rapid risk assessment 31
4. Cross-border sharing of public health data 32
5. Essentials of Writing and Reviewing Scientific Abstracts: a field epidemiology focus 33
self-paced e-learning*
6. Peer feedback on Essentials of writing and reviewing scientific abstracts: a field epidemiology focus 34
7. Influenza bioanalytics 35
8. E-learning for frontline managers on COVID-19 response to vulnerable populations 36
9. Contact tracing e-learning 37
10. COVID-19 infection prevention and control 38
11. What are the non-pharmaceutical countermeasures to minimise transmission of COVID-19? 39
12. Understanding vaccine acceptance and strategies to increase vaccine uptake 40
13. Video tutorial on how to report COVID-19 cases to ECDC via TESSy 41
14. Antimicrobial stewardship e-learning 42
15. Introduction to designing in- and after-action reviews 43
16. Epidemic intelligence 44
17. How to design a functional exercise 45
18. How to design a table-top exercise 46
19. Influenza vaccination campaigns targeting healthcare workers 47
28 * Also see upcoming e-learning 48 < >Introduction to home › format › self-paced e-learning ›
Outbreak
Investigation Target audience
This course targets public health professionals with no prior knowledge of outbreak investigation. It may
also be used as a refreshment module prior to advanced courses in outbreak investigation.
This course is open for public
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Objectives
Upon completing the course, the participant will be able to:
6 to 8 hours of active learning
• recognise the steps necessary to conduct an outbreak investigation;
• describe the activities involved in each of the 10 steps of outbreak investigation; and
• discuss the different application of the outbreak investigation steps for different situations.
Available on EVA
Description
Preparedness and Response This course focuses on the basics of outbreak investigation; it introduces knowledge of concepts, basic
principles, and the succession of actions. At the end of the course, the participant will have sufficient
knowledge and basic skills to work in an outbreak investigation team.
The course uses a basic teaching model: ‘introduction, demonstration, exercise and reflection’. Course
design is modular, with text, graphics, media (video lectures) and quizzes embedded in each module.
The total estimated duration is from six to eight hours of active learning.
The course is designed as an unmoderated, self-paced course, i.e. participants can set their own schedule.
The different sections of the course are intended to be done sequentially, but the course does not need to
be completed all at once.
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PRECEPT - a framework
for assessing and
grading evidence in Target audience
Public health professionals from all career levels with limited or no experience with evidence-based
public health methods, in particular professionals involved in the conduct of evidence appraisals and the development of
public health guidance. The course can be useful for any health-related professional or student. Basic
knowledge of different study designs and possible sources of bias is helpful.
This course is open for public Objectives
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to:
• understand, name, and explain the different steps and domains of PRECEPT;
• identify and frame relevant questions in the different domains;
2 to 3 hours
• understand the concept of study validity and apply quality appraisal for different study designs in
different domains; and
• apply the GRADE approach to different domains to determine the strength of a body of evidence.
Available on EVA
Description
PRECEPT (Project on a Framework for Rating Evidence in Public Health) was initiated by ECDC to help
translate the concepts and principles of evidence-based medicine into the area of public health, in
Scientific Methods particular infectious disease epidemiology, prevention and control. PRECEPT presents a methodology for
assessing and grading the strength of the evidence in such decision-relevant domains as burden of
disease, risk factors, diagnostics, and interventions. The course is designed as an unmoderated, self-paced
course, i.e. participants can set their own schedule. In total, the course takes approximately two to three
hours to complete. The different sections of the course are intended to be taken sequentially, but the
course does not need to be completed all at once. A knowledge assessment tool is available in a mini-
simulation format.
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Introduction to rapid
risk assessment
Target audience
This course is open for public Public health professionals with no prior knowledge of rapid risk assessment.
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Objectives
After completing this course, the participants will be able to:
3 to 5 hours of active
• recognise the components (steps) of rapid risk assessment production;
learning. • describe what is expected to be done in each step; and
• contribute to a team working on rapid risk assessment production.
Available on EVA Description
The course focuses on planning, conducting and generating rapid This course consists of the following modules:
risk assessments and introduces basic concepts, principles and • Overview
the succession of actions. At the end of the course, the • Definitions and ECDC context
Epidemic Intelligence participant will have sufficient knowledge and basic skills to be • From signal to RRA
involved in a team producing rapid risk assessments. • Step 0 – Preparation
• Step 1 – Collecting event information
Preparedness and Response The course uses a basic teaching model: ‘introduction, • Step 2 – Literature search
demonstration, exercise and reflection’. Course design is modular, • Step 3 – Extract relevant evidence
with text, graphics, media (video lectures) and quizzes embedded • Step 4 – Appraise evidence
in each module. Two case studies are introduced to exemplify the • Step 5 – Estimate risk
Communication in Public Health various steps. • Follow-up
The course is designed as an unmoderated, self-paced course,
i.e. participants can set their own schedule. The different sections
of the course are intended to be taken sequentially, but the
course does not need to be completed all at once.
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Cross-border sharing
of public health data
Target audience
The course will be useful for public health professionals working in communicable diseases surveillance,
This course is open for public data collection, data administration and clinical research.
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Objectives
The objectives are to:
3 hours
• understand the basic concepts of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and its impact on management and analysis of
health data in the context of communicable disease surveillance;
• understand the relationship between EU legislation and national legislation applicable for public health data;
Available on EVA • recognise the challenges in data sharing during essential public health operations such as outbreak
investigations and public health surveillance;
• understand the concept of ‘open access’ and how it is applied to scientific publications and research data; and
• identify a question related to data sharing in public health and consult a legal expert for advice.
Communication in Public Health
Description
This course will focus on the legal context of data sharing in communicable disease prevention and control,
particularly on issues relating to the exchange of health data in joint databases and between different legal
systems. The course will provide the participants with essential knowledge in overcoming these challenges.
The course uses a basic teaching model: ‘introduction, demonstration, exercise and reflection’. The course
design is modular, with text, graphics, media (video lectures), and quizzes embedded in each module.
The course is designed as an unmoderated, self-paced course, i.e. participants can set their own schedule.
The different sections of the course are intended to be taken sequentially, but the course does not need to
be completed all at once.
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Essentials of writing
and reviewing
scientific abstracts: a Target audience
Epidemiologists working at the national or subnational level in an EU/EEA country.
field epidemiology
focus
Objectives
This course is open for public The objective is to strengthen skills in writing, reviewing and editing scientific abstracts, with a focus
enrolment, you can enrol here. on field epidemiology topics.
2 hours Description
This course is based on online lectures, exercises and participation in forum discussions. The course is
moderated and partially self-paced. The only elements that have a fixed timeframe are the deadlines
for the peer-review assignments (writing and reviewing an abstract).
Available on EVA
Coordination
Public Health Training Section
Communication in Public Health
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Peer feedback on
Writing and
Reviewing Scientific Target audience
Epidemiologists working at the national or subnational level in an EU/EEA country..
Abstracts: a field
epidemiology focus
Objectives
The objective is to strengthen skills in writing, reviewing and editing scientific abstracts, with a focus on
Date and time to be announced in field epidemiology topics.
EVA
Description
EVA This course is based on online lectures, exercises and participation in forum discussions. The course is
moderated and partially self-paced. The only elements that have a fixed timeframe are the deadlines
for the peer-review assignments (writing and reviewing an abstract).
Communication in Public Health
Coordination
Public Health Training Section
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Influenza bioanalytics
Target audience
This course is open for public
enrolment, you can enrol here. Public health professionals, laboratory scientists, epidemiologists working on influenza surveillance.
2 to 3 hours Objectives Description
This course aims to enhance knowledge of the The course is designed as an unmoderated, self-
basic bioinformatics tools available for analysis of paced course, i.e. participants can set their own
Available on EVA sequencing data and of the interpretation, schedule. The different sections of the course
comparison and analysis of influenza sequence are intended to be taken sequentially, but the
data, with a focus on haemagglutinin and course does not need to be completed all at
neuraminidase genes. once.
Influenza and other Respiratory
Upon completion of the course, the participant will The course has the following modules and takes
Viruses Programme
be able to: approximately two to three hours to complete:
• understand Sanger and Next Generation • Module 1: Sanger sequencing data analysis:
Public Health Microbiology Sequencing data analysis pipelines for HA and NA from raw to finished sequences;
gene sequences; • Module 2: NGS data analysis: from raw to
• retrieve sequences from public databases finished sequences;
(GISAID and Genbank); • Module 3: Public databases and retrieval of
• understand HA and NA gene sequence references;
alignments, mutations and SNP analysis for • Module 4: Alignments and amino acid
resistance (BioEdit); substitution analysis of HA and NA sequences;
• use phylogeny software: basic concepts and • Module 5: Phylogeny software: basic concepts
instructions for phylogenetic analysis (MEGA); and instructions for phylogenetic analysis;
• visualise and annotate phylogenetic trees. • Module 6: Visualisation and annotation of
phylogenetic trees.
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E-learning for
frontline managers on
COVID-19 response to Target audience
Front-line managers of institutions hosting or serving people who are medically or socially vulnerable to
vulnerable the impact of COVID-19, in different settings, within the EU, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
populations
Objectives Description
This course is open for public Upon completion of this course, the participants will The course is designed to take one to two
enrolment, you can enrol here. be able to: hours. It's composed of a main body and
• define some groups that are medically or socially three optional modules with specific measures
vulnerable to COVID-19; for Prisons, long-term care facilities and
2 to 3 hours • identify the good practices developed by migration/detention centres. In order to
Member States in order to support these obtain a certificate, participants must
populations; complete all the main body modules as well as
• identify the special provisions to mitigate the one of the three optional ones.
Available on EVA in 24 challenges of people in long-term care facilities,
languages prisons and migration and detention centres.
COVID-19
HIV, Sexually Transmitted
Infections and viral Hepatitis
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Contact tracing in the
context of COVID-19
response Target audience
Public health professionals, specifically public health authorities new to contact tracing activities.
This course is open for public
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Objectives Description
Upon completion of this course, the participants will Contact tracing is an essential measure to
be able to: fight the ongoing epidemic of COVID-19, in
• explain to decision-makers the importance of conjunction with active case finding and
1,5 hours
contact tracing as a public health measure in the testing, and in synergy with other measures
context of COVID-19; such as physical distancing.
• adapt to the local context the processes of
Available on EVA contact tracing for COVID-19; The course is designed as a non-moderated,
• identify ways to scale up contact tracing and self-paced course, i.e. participants can decide
reflect on how to adapt them to the local when to start it, interrupt and come back to
context; and continue at any time. In total, the course is
COVID-19 designed to take approximately 1.5 hours to
• understand the benefits and risks of using
mobile applications to undertake contact tracing. complete.
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Micro learning -
COVID-19 infection
prevention and Target audience
control Public health professionals.
This course is open for public Objectives Description
enrolment, you can enrol here. After completing this course, you will be able to The aim of this micro-learning is to provide
identify the instructions to give to your patients information on the measures for infection
who are taking care of a probable or confirmed prevention and control (IPC) at the household
15 minutes case of COVID-19 in the household level when assisting suspected or confirmed
COVID-19 cases with mild symptoms.
Available on EVA
COVID-19
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Micro learning - What
are the non-
pharmaceutical Target audience
countermeasures to Public health professionals.
minimise transmission
of COVID-19? Objectives Description
After completing this course, you will be able to: This micro-learning explains measures that
• Describe personal protective measures: hand healthcare workers should implement
This course is open for public (wearing medical/surgical face masks and
hygiene and cough etiquette;
enrolment, you can enrol here. respirators) and advocate in their communities
• Identify personal protective equipment (PPE):
respirators, facemasks, goggles, downs and (wearing face masks) to help minimise the
gloves; transmission of COVID-19. It also presents
40 minutes various protective measures for healthcare
• Describe donning (wear) and doffing (remove)
PPE. workers.
• Estimate the necessary amount of PPE.
Available on EVA
COVID-19
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Micro learning-
Understanding
Vaccine Acceptance & Target audience
Healthcare workers, health promoters/health promotion managers, civil society organisations working at
Strategies to Increase national and sub-national levels working on vaccination or in vaccination programs. Public health and risk
Vaccine Uptake communication professionals may also be interested in the concepts and strategies introduced..
Objectives Description
This course is open for public After completing this course, you will be able to: This e-learning course, developed in
enrolment, you can enrol here. November 2021, during the COVID-19
• describe the 5C model and advocate for its use
in diagnosing barriers to vaccine acceptance and pandemic, aims at increasing understanding of
uptake, and in designing adapted strategies; the drivers of vaccine acceptance and design
30 minutes • describe why diagnosing the barriers to vaccine targeted strategies to increase vaccine uptake.
acceptance and uptake is essential, and The course is 30 minutes long.
recognise the data collection tools that may be
used; and
Available on EVA • understand the need to evaluate behaviour
change interventions, and describe how this may
be done considering the complexity of causality
in behavioural interventions.
COVID-19
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Video-tutorial on how
to report COVID-19
cases to ECDC via Target audience
Public health professionals
TESSy
Objectives
This course is open for public
This online tutorial is designed to support the users of The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on how
enrolment, you can enrol here.
to use the recently added functionalities to report COVID-19 cases
10 minutes Description
Although this tutorial is open to any learner, only officially nominated contact points in each EU Member
State will have access to TESSy to report cases.
Available on EVA
COVID-19
Vaccine Preventable
Diseases Programme
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Antimicrobial
stewardship e-learning
Target audience
course
The target audience for this course are healthcare professionals from EU/EEA member states with current or
future responsibility for prevention and control of HAIs working at national or local level. Typically, these are
This course is open for public mid-career professionals involved in infection control programmes to prevent HAIs at hospital level including
enrolment, you can enrol here. infection control/hospital hygiene practitioners, hospital physicians and specialist physicians, hospital
epidemiologists, clinical microbiologists and public health microbiologist.
Objectives
Approximately 1 hour of
learning time Upon completing the course, the participant will be able to:
• understand the challenges related to antibiotic prescription, burden of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and
the principles of antibiotic stewardship;
• identify guidelines for treatment of specific conditions and formularies both at the national and local level;
Available on EVA • understand the implementation of antibiotic policies;
• understand measurement of drug usage and the prescribing indicators in relation to structure, process and
outcomes;
• identify drug usage over time and interpret prescribing surveillance data;
Antimicrobial Resistance and • understand the elements and performance measurement for an antimicrobial stewardship program (AMS);
Healthcare associated • identify interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospitalised patients and measure
Infections Programme intervention effect, barriers and possible solutions.
Description
This course on Antimicrobial Stewardship will strengthen the capacity of EU and EEA countries on the
healthcare associated infections (HAI) due to multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) in acute care settings
and promote implementation of appropriate measures. The course is designed as a non-moderated, self-
paced course, i.e. participants can decide when to start it, interrupt and come back to continue at any time.
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Introduction to
designing in- and
after-action reviews Target audience
This course targets public health professionals with some prior knowledge of public health events
reviewing. It can also serve as a good introduction to methodologies for people less familiar with after-
action reviews.
This course is open for public
enrolment, you can enrol here.
Objectives Description
Upon completing this course, the participant will be This course focuses on the various after-action
1 hour
able to: reviews methods, designs, and approaches which
• Recognise the various theoretical approaches are available to public health professionals when
and methods available for conducting an after- designing their own after-action reviews. The
Available on EVA course has a linear structure with some freedom
action review;
• Enumerate the necessary steps in the to further explore the provided content.
development of an after-action review; At the end of this course, the participant should
Preparedness and Response • Choose the best theoretical approaches to be familiar with a variety of methodologies
conduct an after-action review; available and feel comfortable on the various
• Retrieve the necessary tools and companions steps necessary for an after-action review.
made available by ECDC to conduct after-action This course can be a good introduction for
reviews; anyone in the after-action review team, but is
• List the resources needed for conducting an most likely best fitted for organisers or team
after-action review. leaders.
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Epidemic intelligence
Target audience
This course is open for public Professionals with a public health background who have an interest in becoming familiar with the tools,
enrolment, you can enrol here. standards and practices adopted at technical level for the early detection of health threats at EU and
international level.
3 to 5 hours
Objectives Description
Available on EVA After completing this course, the participants will be The course will be available as a non-
able to: moderated, self-paced course, i.e. participants
• understand the process of early detection of can decide when to use it, interrupt and come
Epidemic Intelligence health threats at ECDC; back to continue at any time. The different
• identify epidemic intelligence tools and sections of the course are intended to be
platforms; taken sequentially but the course does not
• cite examples of best practices on epidemic need to be completed all at once.
intelligence among the experts in prevention and
control of communicable diseases.
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