Public Health Preparedness, Epidemiology, Surveillance and Control of Corona Viruses training"
Course Dates October 20-23, 2020
Deadline: October 19, 2020
"Please note: Zoom ID and password will be sent directly to registered participants"
Cost
Registration: $500-750 depending on number of enrollees from one organization.
Emory University partial scholarship ($250-$350) available to public health workers from a developing country
Agenda available at http://web1.sph.emory.edu/epicourses/COVID3agenda.jpg
Course Description
This course in public health preparedness, epidemiology, surveillance and control of Corona Viruses directed at public
health professionals includes presentations and discussions of:
Emerging respiratory viral infections,
Methods of Surveillance for COVID-19,
Surveillance of COVID-19 in the USA and selected countries,
Testing, Case Definition and Diagnosis of COVID-19,
Outbreak Investigations,
Modelling to Predict Disease,
Domestic and International responses to COVID-19
Public Health Preparedness,
Table-top exercises/case studies will be worked on to apply epidemilogic theories discussed and
Prerequisites: Familiarity with the vocabulary and principles of basic epidemiology. Participants
are recommended to read/complete CDC's Principle's of Epidemiology or
self-study course or equivalent course in basic epidemiology
*Special topics are subject to change
Please note: Interpretation services for language and disability impairements are not available for these short programs
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