Characterizing the Role of International Graduates of the Epidemic Intelligence Service in Increasing the Epidemiological Capacity and Diversity of the United States Public Health Workforce
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Characterizing the Role of International Graduates of the Epidemic Intelligence Service in Increasing the Epidemiological Capacity and Diversity of the United States Public Health Workforce



Public Access Version Available on: March 03, 2024, 12:00 AM
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    • Alternative Title:
      J Public Health Manag Pract
    • Description:
      Context:

      A trained and diverse public health workforce is needed to respond to public health threats. The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is an applied epidemiology training program. Most EIS officers are from the United States, but some are from other countries and bring unique perspectives and skills.

      Objectives/Evaluation:

      To characterize international officers who participated in the EIS program and describe their employment settings after training completion.

      Design:

      International officers were people who participated in EIS and who were not US citizens or permanent residents. We analyzed data from EIS’s application database during 2009–2017 to describe officers’ characteristics. We used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) workforce database for civil servants and EIS exit surveys to describe jobs taken after program completion.

      Main Outcome Measures:

      We described the characteristics of the international officers, jobs taken immediately after program completion, and duration of employment at CDC.

      Results:

      Among 715 officers accepted in EIS classes of 2009–2017, 85 (12%) were international applicants, with citizenships from 40 different countries. Forty (47%) had 1 or more US postgraduate degrees, and 65 (76%) were physicians. Of 78 (92%) international officers with available employment data, 65 (83%) reported taking a job at CDC after program completion. The remaining took a public health job with an international entity (6%), academia (5%), or other jobs (5%). Among 65 international officers who remained working at CDC after graduation, the median employment duration was 5.2 years, including their 2 years in EIS.

      Conclusions:

      Most international EIS graduates remain at CDC after program completion, which strengthens the diversity and capacity of CDC’s epidemiological workforce. Further evaluations are needed to determine the effects of pulling away crucial talent from other countries needing experienced epidemiologists and to what extent retaining those persons can benefit public health globally.

    • Pubmed ID:
      36867708
    • Pubmed Central ID:
      PMC10475142
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