Al Nsour Mohannad, Iblan Ibrahim, Tarawneh Mohammed Rasoul
Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network, Amman, Jordan.
Community Medicine, Jordan Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan.
JMIR Med Educ. 2018 Apr 11;4(1):e12. doi: 10.2196/mededu.9516.
Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs) are 2-year training programs in applied epidemiology, established with the purpose of increasing a country's capacity within the public health workforce to detect and respond to health threats and develop internal expertise in field epidemiology. The Jordan Ministry of Health, in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, started the Jordan FETP (J-FETP) in 1998. Since then, it has achieved a high standard of success and has been established as a model for FETPs in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Here we describe the J-FETP, its role in building the epidemiologic capacity of Jordan's public health workforce, and its activities and achievements, which have grown the program to be self-sustaining within the Jordan Ministry of Health. Since its inception, the program's residents and graduates have assisted the country to improve its surveillance systems, including revising the mortality surveillance policy, implementing the use of electronic data reporting, investigating outbreaks at national and regional levels, contributing to noncommunicable disease research and surveillance, and responding to regional emergencies and disasters. J-FETP's structure and systems of support from the Jordan Ministry of Health and local, regional, and international partners have contributed to the success and sustainability of the J-FETP. The J-FETP has contributed significantly to improvements in surveillance systems, control of infectious diseases, outbreak investigations, and availability of reliable morbidity and mortality data in Jordan. Moreover, the program has supported public health and epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Best practices of the J-FETP can be applied to FETPs throughout the world.
现场流行病学培训项目（FETPs）是为期两年的应用流行病学培训项目，其设立目的是提高一个国家公共卫生人力队伍发现和应对健康威胁的能力，并培养现场流行病学方面的内部专业人才。约旦卫生部与美国疾病控制与预防中心合作，于1998年启动了约旦现场流行病学培训项目（J-FETP）。自那时以来，该项目取得了很高的成功标准，并已成为东地中海区域现场流行病学培训项目的典范。在此，我们描述J-FETP、其在建设约旦公共卫生人力队伍流行病学能力方面的作用及其活动和成就，这些活动和成就使该项目在约旦卫生部内部实现了自我维持。自项目启动以来，该项目的学员和毕业生协助该国改进其监测系统，包括修订死亡率监测政策、实施电子数据报告的使用、调查国家和区域层面的疫情、推动非传染性疾病研究和监测以及应对区域紧急情况和灾害。J-FETP的结构以及约旦卫生部和地方、区域及国际伙伴提供的支持系统促成了J-FETP的成功与可持续性。J-FETP为约旦监测系统的改进、传染病控制、疫情调查以及可靠发病率和死亡率数据的可得性做出了重大贡献。此外，该项目还为东地中海区域的公共卫生和流行病学提供了支持。J-FETP的最佳实践可应用于世界各地的现场流行病学培训项目。
