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1. COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus by Future Learn
Understand the emergence of COVID-19 and how we respond to it going forward
With the outbreak of a novel coronavirus declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, people worldwide are working to address it.
In this course, you’ll learn the latest of what we know about COVID-19, presented by international experts.
The purpose of this course
This course is provided for personal use only and not for any commercial, professional medical, or business purposes. All content and opinions presented throughout this course are for educational purposes only and do not constitute the provision of professional medical or public health advice.
You should not rely on the content of this course or other learners in place of professional advice from a regulated medical professional.
If you have any concerns about a particular health condition or COVID-19, please seek the most current medical and/or public health advice from a qualified medical practitioner.
LSHTM shall not be liable, to the maximum extent permitted by UK law, for any adverse or negative consequence arising from your reliance on the information contained in this course, or for any commercial use by a business or medical practitioner, including but not limited to loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
What topics will you cover?
- How COVID-19 emerged and was identified
- How COVID-19 spreads
- Public health measures for COVID-19 worldwide
- What is needed to address COVID-19 going forward
Who is the course for?
- Those working in or around health, or anyone interested in how we should respond to the outbreak.
- The course is presented in English, with translations provided in Chinese, Spanish (ES), Portuguese (BR), French and Italian.
Who is the course for?
- Those working in or around health, or anyone interested in how we should respond to the outbreak.
- The course is presented in English, with translations provided in Chinese, Spanish (ES), Portuguese (BR), French and Italian.
2. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by AACC and NEJM
Developed by leading scientists, this course covers coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission, complications, diagnosis, and more. This course is free, but please note that you will need to create a new login to access it even if you are already a Learning Lab subscriber.
You will learn about:
- The origin of COVID-19
- How it is transmitted
- The symptoms and differences in severity
- Complications
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
3. Managing COVID-19 in General Practice by Future Learn
Access up-to-date advice to keep your primary care practice running safely
COVID-19 is having unprecedented effects on healthcare systems around the world. As a healthcare professional, it’s important to know how to respond safely and effectively.
In this course, led by experts at the St George’s University of London, you’ll explore the epidemiology, clinical symptoms and signs, and current management of COVID-19 and follow the evolving situation in the UK.
You’ll learn how to complete a safe assessment of suspected COVID-19 cases and discover the best protocol to protect yourself and others.
What topics will you cover?
The course will cover what you need to know and what you need to do in relation to the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in primary care. Topics we will cover include:
- Background of COVID-19
- The current situation in the UK
- When to suspect COVID-19 infection in primary care
- Safe assessment of suspected cases
- Infection prevention and control
- Management of acutely unwell patients
- Management of those with mild symptoms in home isolation
- Consultation tips and advice on keeping your practice running safely
4. Science Matters: Let’s Talk About COVID-19 by Coursera
About this Course
Welcome to ‘Science Matters: Let’s Talk about COVID-19’, from the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA) at Imperial College London.
The outbreak of the novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is the most significant public health emergency of the 21st century so far. As the epidemic spreads, people around the world want to understand the science behind the most pressing questions: how many people have been infected? How dangerous is the virus? When will a vaccine be available? How can the epidemic be contained, and the damages mitigated? What is the economic impact? What is the role of Facebook Touch, Instagram, Tiktok, and other leading social networks as well as the local community in responding to the epidemic? Researchers at J-IDEA and other research institutes at Imperial College London have been at the forefront of the response to the COVID-19 emergency, with clinical, epidemiological, and social science analyses informing the outbreak response. They are generating robust empirical evidence that governments and international agencies are using around the world to plan their responses. In this course, you will hear directly from our world-class experts about the theory behind the analyses of COVID-19 and its spread, while learning how to interpret new information using core principles of public health, epidemiology, medicine, health economics, and social science. You will be able to watch regular situation reports about the state of the epidemic, provided by the researchers of J-IDEA and its director Professor Neil Ferguson. If you want to learn even more about these topics, a number of free MOOCs are available from Imperial College London. We also offer a fully online Global Master of Public Health for those of you who want to delve even deeper and join our professional community. Please note that we are creating all the content in real-time as new information breaks and that new material will be uploaded as it becomes available. The contents of the course are available free of charge.
What you will learn?
- To be aware of the scale of the emerging outbreak and know how to track trends using reliable sources of information
- To recognize the key scientific underpinnings of evidence-based outbreak control methods
- To recognize the importance of community involvement, multidisciplinary working, and global cooperation in outbreak response
- About how infectious disease modeling informs strategic and operational response at the local, national, and international levels.
5. Coronavirus – What you need to know by Alison
This free online course covers the essential aspects of the coronavirus Covid-19.
This free online course on the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) focuses on the history, transmission, symptoms, possible treatment and potential prevention of the novel coronavirus. As part of the international response, Alison has created this free online course on what people need to know about the novel coronavirus, its background, and how to best deal with the threat it poses to you, your family and community. Last updated: March 27th, 2020.
Modules
Module 1: Coronavirus – Background, Symptoms, And Treatment
Module 2: Coronavirus – Advice For The Public
Module 3: Course Assessment
6. Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) by WHO
This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patients and others in the healthcare facility.
This training is intended for healthcare workers and public health professionals, as it is focused on infection prevention and control.
Overview:
This course will cover the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures required in order to:
- Be prepared and ready to respond to an outbreak, in particular, the one due to COVID-19.
- Limit human to human transmission by way of implementing WHO recommended IPC interventions.
- Identify, isolate and report suspect and confirmed cases.
There are resources attached to each module to help you dive further into this topic.
Learning objectives:
On completion of this course, you should be able to:
- define IPC and its role in the context of preparedness, readiness, and response;
- describe the current epidemiological COVID-19 situation, including case definitions and signs & symptoms;
- describe source control, administrative controls and environmental and engineering controls;
- describe the WHO-recommended IPC measures for health care facilities, including when dealing with suspect or confirmed COVID-19 cases;
- describe additional IPC measures to be taken to assist in general preparedness within a health care facility.
Course duration: Approximately 1 hour.
Certificates: No certificate available at this time.
Modules
Module 1: Preparedness, readiness, and IPC:
This module provides an overview of Infection Prevention and Control measures for preparedness and readiness.
Module 2: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19): its epidemiology, risk factors, definitions, and symptomology:
Module 2 provides an introduction to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Module 3: Standard precautions, transmission-based precautions & COVID-19 specific recommendations:
This module reviews various precautions that should be taken to prepare for and respond to COVID-19.
7. Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control by WHO
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
This course provides a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs.
As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
Overview: This course provides a general introduction to emerging respiratory viruses, including novel coronaviruses. By the end of this course, you should be able to describe:
- The nature of emerging respiratory viruses, how to detect and assess an outbreak, strategies for preventing and controlling outbreaks due to novel respiratory viruses;
- What strategies should be used to communicate risk and engage communities to detect, prevent and respond to the emergence of a novel respiratory virus?
There are resources attached to each module to help you dive further into this topic.
Learning objective: Describe the fundamental principles of emerging respiratory viruses and how to effectively respond to an outbreak.
Course duration: Approximately 3 hours.
Certificates: No certificate available at this time.
As the official disease name was established after material creation, any mention of nCoV refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.
Attention:
- You will be notified when new videos are uploaded. Currently, the materials are offered as videos and slide decks.
- The course will offer a certificate in the future after all of the modules have been published and a quiz has been added to each module.
- The course materials are currently being translated into other languages.
Course contents
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Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: Introduction:
This brief introduction provides an overview of emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.
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Module A: Introduction to Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19:
Overall learning objective: To be able to explain why emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, are a global threat to human health
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Module B: Detecting Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: Surveillance and Laboratory investigation:
Overall learning objective: To describe how to detect and assess an emerging respiratory virus outbreak
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Module C: Risk Communication and Community Engagement:
Overall learning objective: To describe what strategies should be used to communicate risk and engage communities to detect, prevent and respond to COVID-19
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Module D: Preventing and Responding to an emerging respiratory virus, including COVID-19:
Overall learning objective: To describe strategies for preventing and controlling emerging respiratory pathogens, including coronavirus outbreaks.
8. COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response by WHO
In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO has developed these learning modules as a companion to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response.
The training is intended:
- For UN country teams (UNCTs)
- For other relevant stakeholders, including partners, donors, and civil society
- To support national readiness and preparedness for COVID-19
- To help countries increase their capacity to respond to COVID-19
- To increase international coordination for response and preparedness
- To streamline the process of coordinating resources and assessing country preparedness level
This learning package consists of 3 modules with videos and downloadable presentations.
Overview: This 3-module learning package introduces the context for the need for a coordinated global response plan to the COVID-19 outbreak. It provides the required guidance to implement the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response. These planning guidelines describe priority steps and actions to be included in countries’ preparedness and response plans across the major areas of public health preparedness and response. This is aligned with the previously published COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP). By the end of this course, the appointed UNCT lead planners and relevant partners should be able to assess and fill in capability gaps to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Key learning objectives:
- Be able to educate yourself and others about the importance of operationalizing the SPRP for the COVID-19 outbreak using the Operational Planning Guidelines
- Be able to describe the 8 major pillars of public health preparedness and response and initial actions to be taken by the UN country teams
- Be able to access the full set of actions, performance indicators and resources needed to conduct the preparedness level assessment using the COVID-19 Partners Platform for country preparedness and response plans
Course duration: Approximately 1 hour for Modules 1 and 2 and another hour for Module 3.
Certificates: A Record of Achievement will be available to participants who score 80% or higher in the cumulative course assessment for both Modules 1 and 2. Module 3 is free of any certification.
Course contents
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Module 1: Mission and purpose of this program (incl. COVID-19 knowledge):
This module provides a description of the purpose and context for this learning package, leadership words, and relevant COVID-19 knowledge.
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Module 2: Country-level preparedness and response:
This module provides an introduction to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response, and access to relevant information and documentation.
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Module 3: Pillars of the public health response:
This module is technical deep dive into each of the 8 pillars of the public health response as described by the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response.
9. Coronavirus – Taking Proactive Action by CPL Learning
The Coronavirus – Taking Proactive Action activity will support learners in making preparations and contingencies to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and to provide a checklist of actions to consider and to communicate to employees.
The course has been made in collaboration with David Edwards, of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, SpeakEzi, and CPL Learning and is provided without charge to support the hospitality industry.
You will be able to…
- Identify the signs and symptoms of COVID-19
- Understand how the infection spreads
- Consider the potential impact on hospitality businesses
- Identify the main areas to consider and plan for contingency
- Implement the most up-to-date hygiene advice for your business
10. Let’s Break the Chain of COVID-19 Infection by Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences
This program will provide you with rapid training on key aspects of infection and immunity to empower you in your community-based advocacy on how to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. The course covers the chain of infection, how infectious diseases are transmitted and how to break the chain of infection through concrete preventive actions.
- Earn a certificate of completion from the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU).
- 100% self-paced and estimated time commitment of one hour.
- Become an MBRU community immunity ambassador after the successful completion of the course.
- Beat COVID-19 by spreading awareness and challenging at least 3 people to join the program.
11. COVID-19: What You Need to Know (CME Eligible) by Coursera
COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has already resulted in hundreds of thousands of infections and thousands of deaths, with many more anticipated. This course is a go-to resource that will be regularly updated with all of the current information put forth by the CDC, WHO, and other leading agencies and covers the basics, personal protective equipment, diagnostics, and other material. As a healthcare professional, you can earn CME credit and help to #RaiseTheLine by becoming prepared to treat COVID-19.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Recognize the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19
- Identify how COVID-19 has spread around the world
- Apply into practice the public health measures we need to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19
12. Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19 by Coursera
Never in the history of humanity have so many people been feeling intense anxiety related to COVID-19 and the world it will leave in its wake. The intent of this course is to give you a deeper understanding of the anxiety reaction as it relates to various aspects of our current life, ranging from our consumption of news to the way we talk to our children about this. I will also give you clear strategies for managing and, in fact, turning off the anxiety response at least for short periods. My sincere hope is that you will leave this course with a better understanding of how your brain reacts to crises, along with some powerful tools for managing it before it manages you.
In this course we will cover:
1.1 Introduction and Overview
1.2 Understanding the Anxiety Response
1.3 The Necessity of Strategies to Manage Anxiety
1.4 Achieving Relaxation: A Skill We All Need to Learn Now
2.1 Why Watching the News is Addicting and How to Manage Your Consumption
2.2 The Critical Art of Mental Distraction to Crowd Out Stressors
2.3 How We Think About Physical Distancing and Explaining it to Our Children
3.1 The Effects of Isolation
3.2 Some Strategies to Make Isolation More Tolerable
3.3 The Importance of Social Connection in a Physical Distancing World
4.1 The Need to Guard Against Depression: The Importance of Control
4.2 Bring it Together: Practice Makes Proficient
4.3 Invitation to Suggest Additional Videos
13. COVID-19 Contact Tracing by Coursera
The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for contact tracing positions differ throughout the country and the world, with some new positions open to individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.
In this introductory course, students will learn about the science of SARS-CoV-2, including the infectious period, the clinical presentation of COVID-19, and the evidence for how SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted from person-to-person and why contact tracing can be such an effective public health intervention. Students will learn about how contact tracing is done, including how to build rapport with cases, identify their contacts, and support both cases and their contacts to stop transmission in their communities. The course will also cover several important ethical considerations around contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine. Finally, the course will identify some of the most common barriers to contact tracing efforts — along with strategies to overcome them.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Describe the natural history of SARS-CoV-2, including the infectious period, the presentation of COVID-19, and evidence for how it is transmitted.
- Define an infectious contact and timeline for public health intervention through contact tracing.
- Demonstrate the utility of case investigation and contact tracing, identify common barriers, and possible strategies to overcome them.
- Present some ethical considerations around contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine.
14. Lecture Series for Preventing and Controlling COVID-19 by Coursera
In December 2019, a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown cause appeared in Wuhan, Hubei. Governments at all levels and the Department of Health Administration highly valued and rapidly organized the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), medical institutions, and scientific research academies to conduct a survey, rescue, and collaborative research. This new antigen was quickly identified as a novel coronavirus, named as 2019-nCoV by World Health Organization (WHO). Meanwhile, pneumonia caused by it was named as novel coronavirus pneumonia. Implementing the decisions by the CPC Central Committee and State Council with Xi at the core, the whole country took comprehensive actions in social mobilization and deployment, taking epidemic control the most important work in the immediate future. The spread of the epidemic has been effectively controlled. However, novel coronavirus has spread to the whole world thereafter, so it called for closer international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control. Based on this situation, it was urgent to set a new MOOC program about COVID-19 and impart scientific knowledge of the disease to foreign students, undergraduate students, and all the other common people abroad, laying a solid foundation for the triumph of the war against COVID-19.
The novel coronavirus is a new strain of coronavirus that had never been found in humans before. This huge family already known can cause cold or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and other severe diseases. The main signs and symptoms of the infected people include respiratory symptoms, fever, dry cough, shortness of breath, and dyspnea, etc. In severe and critical cases, there will appear pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, and even death. The two-month war against COVID-19 has helped us accumulate loads of experience in disease prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment, which can be shared with the whole world as a reference. In front of the need of our students and common people on COVID-19 prevention knowledge, the Health Science Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University has organized related experts to issue the English lectures of epidemic prevention and control for people at home and abroad and the international community. The contents are mainly about “Introduction, Diagnose, therapeutic Strategy and Prevention for COVID-19”. Through this course, we sincerely hope all our students and the common peoples of the world have scientific knowledge of COVID-19 and increased self-protection awareness, improving the international community’s capacity for the prevention and control of COVID-19. We should work in great unity, take science-based and targeted measures against the epidemic, and have confidence in conquering the virus.
15. COVID-19 – A clinical update by Coursera
As an expert in infectious diseases, editor of the Journal of Infectious Diseases and author of the textbook Infectious Diseases: A clinical short course, McGraw-Hill April 2020, I have been concerned about the misinformation being shared about the COVID-19 epidemic. How did this disease develop? Where did it come from? How does it cause diseases? The answers to these questions will be answered in the first video of module 1. The world has been startled and frightened by the rapid spread of this virus throughout the world. In Video 2 the epidemiology as presently understood is reviewed. This video will be periodically updated recognizing the rapid progression of the pandemic. Many want to know how does this disease present, what are the symptoms associated with COVID-19? How dangerous is COVID-19? Who is at risk of dying? All these questions are answered in Video 3. And finally how is this disease best treated and how can we slow the spread of the infection? These questions are answered in video 4. In addition to the videos multiple-choice questions are included to test your understanding and there is an epidemiology peer-reviewed exercise designed to teach you how this infection is spread and to show the power of the tracing of cases and isolating those who are infected. The second peer review exercise will encourage you to create a campaign to shift your countries culture to embrace behaviors that can lead to suppression of the epidemic, behaviors that will save lives. After completing this course you will be armed with the knowledge and skills to make a difference and help to bend the curve.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Understand how this coronavirus invades respiratory epithelial cells, grows in the nasal passages, and spreads to alveoli to cause hypoxia.
- Describe what makes this coronavirus so infectious, how it has spread quickly throughout the world, and how best to stop its spread.
- Recognize the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 disease and be able to diagnose this disease
- List the recommended treatments for COVD-19, as well as the treatments under investigation
16. Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology: A Johns Hopkins Teach-Out by Coursera
This free Teach-Out is for anyone who has been curious about how we identify and measure outbreaks like the COVID-19 epidemic and wants to understand the epidemiology of these infections.
The COVID-19 epidemic has made many people want to understand the science behind pressing questions like: “How many people have been infected?” “How do we measure who is infected?” “How infectious is the virus?” “What can we do?” Epidemiology has the tools to tell us how to collect and analyze the right data to answer these questions. In addition to a basic understanding of these essential tools, this Teach-Out provides a way for you to learn and connect with one another while continuing to practice the social distancing measures that will help keep us safe. We also hope to provide you with some tangible calls to action that will help you affect positive change for yourself, your community, and our society.
17. Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 by edX
This course will help prepare licensed non-ICU hospital clinicians to support critical care respiratory therapists, physicians, and nurses in caring for a patient who is receiving mechanical ventilation. Given the increasing number of patients contracting COVID-19 and developing pneumonia, the medical system is and will continue to be, in dire need of licensed medical professionals who can support the care for these patients.
Continuing Education
* Medical professionals who complete the course and pass a brief quiz can claim up to three continuing education credit hours. Eligible learners can claim three AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™ (physicians), nursing CEU credits, or a certificate of attendance for allied health professionals and other learners. *
This course provides general information about mechanical ventilation. It is intended for licensed medical professionals. Patient needs and clinical care settings vary, and the information provided is not intended as medical, diagnostic, or treatment advice. Ventilators should be used under the supervision of a qualified licensed medical professional. Consult the manufacturer’s instructions for the particular device you are using and the product information sheet for any drug administered. This subject is complex and evolving. The authors and providers of this course do not warrant that the information provided is accurate in every respect or complete and disclaim responsibility for your use and application of the information.
As medical professionals from all over the U.S. and from every discipline come together to fight the COVID-19 virus, now is the time to share knowledge and tools. Helping prepare non-ICU hospital personnel to help in the operation of a mechanical ventilator will make us stronger, giving us all an extra pair of hands to lean on for support. Our patients depend on us.
There is no question that respiratory therapists and critical care physicians and nurses are the experts for managing the care for critically ill patients. However, during extreme times like this, the patient surge capacity may exceed the number of available trained personnel. And so, now is the time to come together.
This course is a great primer for non-ICU physicians and other clinicians who are asked to staff critical care areas. It will help these professionals better understand the basic concepts of mechanical ventilation and care for the patient receiving mechanical ventilation. We recognize the ever-expanding number of patients contracting COVID-19 and developing pneumonia as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, the medical system will need clinicians that can assist in operating mechanical ventilators. We encourage all non-ICU clinicians to consider completing this course, readying themselves to best help their colleagues and patients on the front lines of this virus.
18. COVID-19 Course for Leaders, Educators, Learners and General Public by D2L Open Courses
Course Description
This free course weaves together the scientific, social, and economic perspectives of the COVID-19 pandemic. This comprehensive course has been constructed with the goal of providing an opportunity to interactively learn about the virus behind the disease and its impacts to our world. By providing research-based information, the course helps learners and educators understand the global pandemic, its risks, and how to effectively manage them.
A note on terminology, before you begin. There are a few terms widely used by the media to describe the current pandemic: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and 2019-nCoV. They are being used interchangeably and, understandably, it is causing confusion. You will become familiar with the correct use of these terms as you move through the course, but it does help to have some of that knowledge now as you read through this description.
COVID-19 is the name of the disease that many around the world are facing right now. The disease is caused by a virus, called SARS-CoV-2. The term 2019-nCoV was a provisional name for the virus and is now outdated.
Course Outline
Unit 1: A Background on Viruses
To understand the COVID-19 pandemic, you must first build a foundation of knowledge on the function and mechanism of micro-organisms. This unit will help you understand the fundamental science behind pathogenic micro-organisms, vaccinations, viruses, and what defines a pandemic.
Unit 2: The Virus behind COVID-19
With the scientific foundation built in Unit 1, you will now learn about the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, in depth, what is causing the disease, how it is structured, how it is spread, and what progress researchers have made to try to control the pandemic.
Unit 3: Traveling as COVID-19 Spreads
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in drastic changes to how, where, and when we travel. This unit covers information on the various travel advisories in effect and provides techniques to help prevent the spread of the virus to protect your safety and the safety of others.
Unit 4: Responding to the Virus
The purpose of this module is to provide you with the resources you need to best prepare yourself and those around you to deal with the spread of COVID-19. Whether you are looking for information for yourself as an individual, learner, educator (or parent playing the role of educator), or as a leader within a business or institution, these lessons will provide you with the foundation to take those first steps.
Unit 5: The Impacts of the Virus
In this unit of the course, the different economic, business, and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be explored. The question of what happens now will also be asked; how can we keep moving on from where we are and how do we stay informed?
19. Managing COVID-19 in General Practice by FutureLearn
Access up-to-date advice to keep your primary care practice running safely
COVID-19 is having unprecedented effects on healthcare systems around the world. As a healthcare professional, it’s important to know how to respond safely and effectively.
In this course, led by experts at the St George’s University of London, you’ll explore the epidemiology, clinical symptoms and signs, and current management of COVID-19 and follow the evolving situation in the UK.
You’ll learn how to complete a safe assessment of suspected COVID-19 cases and discover the best protocol to protect yourself and others.
What topics will you cover?
The course will cover what you need to know and what you need to do in relation to the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in primary care. Topics we will cover include:
- Background of COVID-19
- The current situation in the UK
- When to suspect COVID-19 infection in primary care
- Safe assessment of suspected cases
- Infection prevention and control
- Management of acutely unwell patients
- Management of those with mild symptoms in home isolation
- Consultation tips and advice on keeping your practice running safely
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
- This course is designed for front-line clinicians, healthcare workers, and professionals who are dealing with the large volume of patients in the current COVID-19 pandemic within the UK primary care.
- This course will also be relevant to healthcare practitioners around the globe, though the course will be based around guidance by UK public health bodies.
20. COVID-19: Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis by FutureLearn
Learn how nurses can still provide quality care in uncertain times
Healthcare systems are going through unprecedented upheaval in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic – straining under the volume of patients, and struggling with a lack of key resources.
Although these challenges are new for high-income countries, such issues are long-established in conflict zones and other humanitarian settings.
In this course, you’ll explore the issues involved for nurses working with low resources, and what you can learn from nurses in crisis zones.
You’ll discover how to lead during the COVID-19 pandemic, what palliative care currently looks like, and how we can work towards recovery.
What topics will you cover?
- Nursing in the COVID-19 pandemic
- Nursing and palliative care in a low-resource environment
- The importance of considering patient, provider and systems issues in developing robust health systems
- Lessons learned in humanitarian and crisis settings
- Addressing social and cultural norms and working towards recovery and adjustment
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for nurses or other healthcare professionals working with COVID-19 patients, or wanting to learn more about how to provide quality care with limited resources in times of crisis.
21. COVID-19: Helping Young People Manage Low Mood and Depression by FutureLearn
Learn how young people can manage low mood and depression during COVID-19
In an unprecedented time of upheaval and change, it’s understandable that many young people’s mental health may be particularly vulnerable.
In this course, young people, parents, carers, teachers, and other professionals can learn helpful, practical techniques to cope with low mood and depression during the lockdown period and beyond. You’ll examine how to help young people structure their day and improve sleep and diet.
You’ll explore how to build positive family communication, and learn tips on how to manage your thoughts and feelings, building long-lasting resilience along the way.
What topics will you cover?
- Practical advice on structuring the day and promoting healthy habits
- Helpful family communication to keep conflict to a minimum
- The importance of modeling and self-care
- Tips on managing your thoughts and your feelings
- Using this time as an opportunity for developing resilience
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
This course is helpful for young people with low mood and depression and their parents and carers or anyone who has contact with young people during COVID-19.
22. COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application by FutureLearn
Learn to manage critical care patients whilst protecting yourself and your peers
“One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity: the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient”
Francis W. Peabody, Harvard Medical School 1925
This education resource will teach you how to effectively care for critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You’ll learn the daily practice for frontline clinical staff supporting critical care patients with and without COVID-19, and how to apply ventilation and organ support principles to the care of a critically ill coronavirus patient.
Staff and patient safety are paramount. This resource will help you to facilitate your own emotional and physical self-care and wellbeing in this high-stress, high-risk environment.
You’ll learn about the required PPE and reflect on the practices necessary to emotionally support yourself and your colleagues.
Please note that this resource has been created in response to the COVID-19 emergency and does not correspond to the classic structure of a FutureLearn course.
You will not receive a certificate upon completion, and you do not have to follow the week by week approach. You will be able to select the materials that are most relevant to your work.
What topics will you cover?
- COVID-19 specific critical care
- Ventilation and organ support
- Daily practice of critical care
- Self-care and staff wellbeing
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
- This learning resource has been designed for frontline clinical staff who are caring for critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This includes a wide range of healthcare professionals in acute care, from many different clinical specialty backgrounds.
- You may have some previous critical care experience or none.
- The information in this resource will support those refreshing critical care knowledge and skills, newly qualified doctors, those who are upskilling, and those returning to acute clinical services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
23. COVID-19: Diagnostics and Testing by FutureLearn
Understand the key role diagnostics play in outbreak control
As the world struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare infrastructure and testing capacity have emerged as major issues.
Different countries have implemented different testing strategies, and from the range of diagnostic tests available, some have received authorization for use by national regulatory agencies.
There’s a need for an independent evaluation of these tests and guidance on implementing safe and reliable testing.
In this course, you’ll discover the latest recommendations on COVID-19 testing and get up-to-date information on the performance of tests and how best to deploy them.
What topics will you cover?
- The current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of diagnostics in the response
- The different types of diagnostic tests and their use in the COVID-19 outbreak
- The current recommendations on the use of COVID-19 diagnostics and testing strategies
- How countries are establishing and scaling up COVID-19 testing, and key considerations for safety, quality and impact of diagnostic services
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for professionals involved in the testing and diagnosis of COVID-19, with a focus on low- and middle-income settings.
This may include the Ministry of Health officials, laboratory managers, laboratory technologists, and technicians, clinicians, program managers, implementing partners, and others involved in laboratory testing for COVID-19.
24. COVID-19: Pandemics, Modelling, and Policy by FutureLearn
Discover the role forecasts and computer models play in understanding pandemics
With the world in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a surge of interest in scientific modeling of the outbreak.
In this course, you’ll explore the social, economic, and political factors in the spread of a pandemic such as COVID-19, examining how scientists try to forecast the spread and severity of epidemics, and what we can and can’t know.
You’ll use interactive graphical programs to explore the dynamics of epidemics, learning how to critique the underlying models, and how science and computer models can support policymakers in times of pandemic crisis.
What topics will you cover?
- COVID-19: a brief description, the problem, and what we need to know?
- The nature of prediction – why things can or can’t be predicted
- Modeling – creating and using computational models
- Policy– how is policy made? How does the policy interface to science?
- Complex systems science for exploring and planning the future
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to…
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone wanting to make sense of the conflicting information around COVID-19. This includes scientists, health professionals, policy planners, or just interested citizens.
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