The Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence (CO Food Safety CoE) builds public health capacity through workforce development and mentorship. In 2022, the CO Food Safety CoE partnered with CDC’s DFWED Global Health Unit and Outbreak Response and Prevention Branch and the Kenya Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (K-FELTP) to develop an intensive training experience for two K-FELTP cohorts. Each cohort consisted of 20 interdisciplinary residents. Leveraging diverse experiences, we customized and delivered two outbreak investigation courses. Experiential, hands-on exercises and in-depth discussions were incorporated throughout to simulate real-world scenarios and reinforce learning objectives related to outbreak identification, data collection and analysis, cross disciplinary collaboration, and public health communication. Anonymous evaluations were collected from participants.
