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ECTE 2009
28th European
Course in Tropical Epidemiology
August 17th - September
4th 2009
a three weeks course
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Nordic School of Public
Health
Göteborg – Sweden
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The European
Course in Tropical Epidemiology (ECTE) is a short course organised by
several European centres of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. It is
held annually at different European venues, including London, Goteborg,
Antwerp, and others (see list below). The lecturers and facilitators for
the course are lecturers of these centres of excellence for research in
the tropics and have extensive teaching and research experience.
This is an
intensive course in basic epidemiology and is intended for physicians,
nurses, biologists, anthropologists, health programme managers and other
professionals with an interest in tropical countries. The course provides
participants with basic skills in the epidemiological assessment of health
problems and service priorities and in the planning of field studies.
Emphasis will be on the methodology and practical application of
epidemiological tools in developing countries, the interpretation of data
and on the reporting of field studies.
ECTE is currently
organised by:
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Nordic
School of Public Health, Goteborg, Sweden.
- Department
of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, Heidelberg University, Germany.
- Swiss Tropical
Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
- Liverpool School
of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Centre for
Tropical Diseases “Sacro Cuore – Don G. Calabria” Hospital, Negrar,
Verona, Italy.
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Mario Negri
Research Institute, Milano - S. Maria Imbaro, Italy.
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London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Department of
Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute for Tropical Medicine, Antwerp,
Belgium.
ECTE
will build
knowledge and skills around basic epidemiology and medical statistics and
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PRE-REQUISITES
The course is
appropriate for those without formal training in epidemiology or statistics.
However the course is intensive and applicants should have a good command of
English.
CERTIFICATE
A certificate of
attendance is awarded to participants completing the course.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES
The course
provides participants with basic epidemiological and statistical skills for
the assessment of health problems, service delivery and planning of field
studies, and provides links to social science, economics and computing
skills which are often used in epidemiological studies. The emphasis of the
course is on the practical application of tools for use in developing
countries, the interpretation of data and reporting of operational studies.
A comprehensive course manual is provided at the beginning of the course.
The course will follow material found in the recommended textbooks but these
are not essential.
Recommended
Reading:
Essentials of
medical statistics (2nd Edition) by B Kirkwood and J Sterne (Blackwell);
Concepts in Epidemiology by Bhopal R. (Oxford University Press)
Epidemiology in Medicine by CH Hennekens and JE Buring (Little, Brown and
Co).
OUTLINE OF THE
PROGRAMME
-
general
Principles of Epidemiology
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the role and
context of Tropical Epidemiology
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basic
epidemiology of infectious diseases, focussing on those occurring in the
tropics
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main types of
epidemiological studies
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risk estimation,
high risk groups & risk factors
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outbreak
investigation and response
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community
epidemiology
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qualitative
approaches in epidemiology
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evaluation of
diagnostic tests
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survey design,
sampling, organization
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questionnaire
design
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data entry,
checking & processing
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basic statistics
using computers
The teaching
includes lectures, groupwork, practical work and computer exercises.
Maximum
number of participants: 30.
Have a look
at the
Timetable (2008).
COURSE
FEE
The course
fee will be set later this year.
This
fee includes: participation in the
course, the course manual and handouts, lunch on weekdays, refreshment
at coffee breaks.
The
fee does not include travel, accommodation or dinner.
ACCOMMODATION
Different
types of accommodation at a reasonanble price are available
close to the facilites. On request, a list of such accommodation
possibilities will be sent.
APPLICATIONS
The application
process will start in November 2008.
Please send the completely filled
application form
- as MS-Word form by e-mail attachment
- as signed hardcopy by mail
to:

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