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Field epidemiology training programmes (FETPs) foster learning through real-world engagement. Strengthening learning environments, advisor support, and trainee resilience enhances global health security capacity.

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  • Epidemiology
  • Medical Education

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  • Field epidemiology training programmes (FETPs) have a 75-year history.
  • Learning processes within FETPs have remained largely unexamined.
  • Understanding these processes is crucial for strengthening public health systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To understand the learning processes in FETPs.
  • To describe training approaches for field epidemiologists.
  • To outline trainee learning strategies and identify aligning principles.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study using grounded theory and narrative inquiry.
  • Data collected through participant observation and semi-structured interviews.
  • Study conducted across FETPs in Australia, Japan, Mongolia, and Taiwan.

Main Results:

  • Learning is facilitated by engagement in real-world public health contexts.
  • Key facilitators include learning environments, advisor stewardship, and trainee tenacity.
  • Trainees learn through interaction with people, systems, data, and knowledge.

Conclusions:

  • Findings align with learning theories, indicating countries possess tools for capacity building.
  • Recommendations include ensuring access to learning environments, fortifying advisor stewardship, and fostering resilience.
  • FETPs are vital for global health security, and optimized investments are suggested.