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. 2024 Jun 14;78(6):1536-1541.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad787.

The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship, a Novel Training Program in Public Health for Infectious Diseases Physicians

Kevin Hsueh  1 , Arianne Teherani  2 , Judith A Guzman-Cottrill  3
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The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public Health (LEAP) Fellowship, a Novel Training Program in Public Health for Infectious Diseases Physicians

Kevin Hsueh et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic demonstrated a critical need for partnerships between practicing infectious diseases (ID) physicians and public health departments. The soon-to-launch combined ID and Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship can only address a fraction of this need, and otherwise US ID training lacks development pathways for physicians aiming to make careers working with public health departments. The Leaders in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public Health (LEAP) fellowship is a model compatible with the current training paradigm with a proven track record of developing careers of long-term collaboration. Established in 2017 by the ID Society of America, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Pediatric ID Society, and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, LEAP is a single-year in-place, structured training for senior trainees and early career ID physicians. In this viewpoint, we describe the LEAP fellowship, its outcomes, and how it could be adapted into ID training.

Keywords: fellowship; medical education; public health; training.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest. All authors have received grant support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A. T. reports consulting fees to conduct evaluation of fellowship from the CDC. K. H. reports consulting fees and reimbursement for travel and conference attendance expenses from the CDC (payments made to the Infectious Diseases Society of America, who then provided payments to institution for subcontracted work and who reimbursed author for travel expenses). All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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