Pre-service training for Liberian medical students
A pre-service training for 31 final-year students of the A.M. Dogliotti (AMD) College of Medicine, Liberia was held in the medical school from January 7 – 24, 2020. It included 2 workshops and fieldwork. The training provided the medical students’ an orientation in Public Health, IDSR, field epidemiology, and research methods. Participants visited public health institutions to gain practical insight into their mission and operations. The graduation ceremony was presided over by Dr. Mosoka Fallah, the Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia. At the event held on January 24, 2020, the students expressed their appreciation for the educative and practical training.



Pic 4: Participants, LFETP facilitators, and AMD faculty after the graduation ceremony
Frontline Cohort 11 Workshop 2
The second workshop for Frontline Cohort 11 was held from January 27 to 31, 2020. The cohort comprises 19 participants from diverse backgrounds: health facility surveillance persons, National Reference Laboratory personnel, the Military, Police, and National Disaster Management officers, amongst others.
Workshop 2 covered outbreak investigation, scientific presentations, the role of the lab, and fishbone problem analysis method.

Intermediate Cohort 4 Pre-Admission Course

Thirty-one applicants for the Intermediate FETP benefitted from a 3-day pre-admission course. An assessment at the end of the course served as a basis for the final selection of 17 into Intermediate Cohort 4.
Workshop 1 is scheduled for February 3 – 12, 2020.