1 ensuring an infectious disease workforce education and training needs for the 21st century workshop summary institute of medicine us forum on microbial threats knobler sl burroughs t mahmoud a lemon sm editors. Ensuring an infectious disease workforce education and training needs for the 21st century workshop summary washington dc the national academies press doi 1017226 11563 ii institute of medicine us forum on microbial threats ra643e57 2006 6145 dc22 additional copies of this report are available from the. The forum on emerging infections now renamed the forum on microbial threats convened a 2 day workshop discussion the subject of this summary to examine the education and training needs to ensure an adequate infectious diseases workforce. Ensuring an infectious disease workforce education and training needs for the 21st century workshop summary 2006 the ability of medical and public health workers to respond to infectious disease is critical to national and global health care. Well trained infectious disease professionals form the basis of a strong national healthcare system the forum on emerging infections now renamed the forum on microbial threats convened a 2 day workshop discussion the subject of this summary to examine the education and training needs to ensure an adequate infectious diseases workforce