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Learner Reviews & Feedback for COVID-19 Contact Tracing by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

GS

Feb 11, 2021

I learned a lot from this course. There were things mentioned that I had not considered when first looking at the course. One of those things were the effectiveness of contact tracing through time.

JD

Sep 26, 2020

Enjoyed this course. I learned several new facts and was able to explain to family members the signs and symptoms of Covid-19; how important it is to cooperate with a tracer.This course made me think!

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By HEMAMALINI

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May 18, 2020

Well organized content, excellent illustrations in the form of short video clippings and educative assessment questions. Overall a very informative course and enjoyed taking it. Thanks much.

By Dr. S S

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May 18, 2020

An excellent asynchronous course which allows the learner to work at his or her own speed. Good introductory information. I want to learn more on how I can help stop the spread of Covid-19

By Sandra L

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May 17, 2020

The Course was very thorough and gave me the knowledge I need to be a contract tracer. I thought the examples were great. Very Well done. I am a nurse so most of this was just review for me.

By Amber E

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May 16, 2020

This was a well informed course. I learned what it takes to be an effective and proficient contact tracer in order to help reduce the number cases and contacts who are exposed to this virus.

By John W C

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Jan 15, 2021

Great Education and Instructor who hit all the points needed to take part in the latest intervention measures. I like how you posted updates on the course. Very professionally done. Thanks

By Charisse K

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Oct 14, 2020

Great course on the fundamentals of the COVID-19 virus. This course gave you all of the essentials needed to protect yourself and others as well as gives you an understanding of the virus .

By Chad B

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Aug 4, 2020

Very good course and I learned a lot of things that I did not know about COVID. Thanks for the information it will do me a lot of good when taking my intake calls at the facility I work at.

By Gloria E F

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Jul 27, 2020

This course contained a good balance of the scientific knowledge needed for contact tracing, and guidance in developing interpersonal skills and practices used in effective contact tracing.

By Arif M A

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Jul 26, 2020

The course has been very helpful in understanding about COVID19 in a better and easier way. Hope to be helpful to people and authorities by possible ways with the knowledge I have acquired.

By Ramakrishnan A

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Jul 19, 2020

Brilliantly stitched course that not only gave me and insight into the issues involved in contact tracing but also equipped me with soft skills required to handle the complexities involved.

By Noemi W

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Jul 15, 2020

This one an awesome course and so very glad a friend told me about it. Definitely I will pass it along and encourage other on taking this course. Thank You so much for making this possible.

By Martha M S

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Jun 19, 2020

Very useful and clear information for those who plan on volunteering or applying to be contact tracers. For me, it was a very informative course that will help me keep my large family safe.

By Barb O

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Jun 12, 2020

Very thorough content and course. I liked having examples to confirm and to further explain calculating isolation and quarantine duration and questions to ask cases and contacts. Thank you!

By Rasheda V

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Jun 6, 2020

This course was very thorough. It provided the necessary groundwork for anyone who is interested in becoming a contract tracer, or anyone who wants to understand more about contact tracing.

By lalith s

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May 31, 2020

Well laid out concepts and adequate examples to understand for even a novice level student/healthcare person.

The clarity of Voice of the narrator is very precise and quite simple to absorb.

By Deepali D

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May 31, 2020

It was a very informative course and helped me understand Covid 19 better. It's given excellent pointers on how to be a good covid 19 tracker in a way that was easy to learn and understand.

By STEPHANIE W

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May 28, 2020

WOW ! So informative, i learned alot about COVID-19 and Do's and Don'ts about people and the best way to speak to them while getting the information that we need at the same time. Thank You

By Hannah F

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May 26, 2020

Not only was this course informative and easy to follow, it provided me with empowering techniques to be an effective contact tracer and to keep myself and others safe during this pandemic.

By Katie S

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May 25, 2020

Informative, challenging, well presented format for learning and retaining information. Loved the inclusion of communication strategies paired with videos and notes to consolidate learning

By Linda W

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May 23, 2020

Very interesting and helpful to understanding the need for contact tracing. Well done online course instructiuon. The chart of how keeping the Reproductive Number at 1 or lower is powerful.

By Dena F

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May 21, 2020

The professor did an excellent job teaching the material for this course. Her lessons were clear, concise and she gave many relevant examples to ensure the student understood the material.

By Sandy B

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May 18, 2020

This course was unbelievably well put together. The narrator was clear and precise when going over each and every module! I am actually going to take another course that is being offered.

By Mary J O

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May 17, 2020

Great introduction to COVID-19 and why Contact Tracing is so important. I began this course thinking it was an invasion of privacy - but see that done correctly, it is for the Public Good!

By Jonah P

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May 16, 2020

The course was thorough and clear. I learned a large amount of information regarding SARS-CoV-2 and how to contact trace effectively as well as use interpersonal skills for contact tracing.

By malia s

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Aug 26, 2021

Loved this course! Detail and explanation was so clear and simple to understand, and really liked how there was multiple people contributing to this COVID-19 Contact Tracing certification.