Bridging continents: postgraduate infectious diseases training programs from central Europe to Southeast Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Increasing travel, climate change, spread of antimicrobial resistance and pandemics increased the need for well-trained infectious diseases (ID) specialists and qualified ID specialist training for protecting public health all over the world. In this study, we aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of ID specialty training programs for standardization and quality improvement in a large geographical area.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study among national respondents of 29 countries [Central Asia (Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan), the Middle East (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon), Southeast Europe (Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, the Republic of Nort

SUBMITTER: Oncu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12675560 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature