This was an excellent course that was very well developed. The speaker was clear and concise with the message and all goals for the sections were achieved. I would strongly recommend this course to anyone willing to put in the time. I would encourage those who say they don't have the time to allow within schedule. Great job and thank you for this important training.

This course is very challenging yet interesting for me specially nowadays that my country is still fighting to stop the spread of COVID - 19. I'm very grateful for the opportunity given to me by Coursera to learn, analyze and will be able to apply it to help our frontliners to fight the battle.This course is very helpful in my teaching career and my family life as well.

Extremely useful course to correctly understand what the SARS-CoV-2 virus is and how it spreads.

This course will provide all the information and strategies necessary to limit and avoid its propagation.

Clear, straightforward and uncomplicated content, the instructor provides valid explanations with many practical examples and material to prevent any type of infection.

Straightforward, all-encompassing course that covered a practical breadth of information about the topic and did so in a clear manner with no technical glitches. Periodic assessments throughout the lessons were sufficient to clarify whether learner was meeting learning targets or not. Ability to review material and retake assessments was provided without complications.

The course helped me to know more about contract tracing during pandemic to stop the chain link of the spread of virus through contacting the cases with questions related to travel history, symptoms with various types of questions and helping them to isolate and quarantine with the help of local community contacts in supporting them the needs during quarantine period..

I found this course to be very informative and helpful. I especially enjoyed the telephone calls/videos, everyone did a fabulous job with their roles.

I’ve worked in the medical field, took RN pre-requisites courses and have my degree in medical case management. I enjoy learning and am fascinated with all things medical and public health related

Thank you, Dr. Gurley.

Thanks for the team behind the course , much relevant and required for all who can take up. It prepares the interested individuals ( non medical also) in a way possible to contribute & coordinate within our extended social community , thus support the Government authorities efforts - to break the chain - the only effective and proven way to face COVID19 as on date.

Well done! The quantity of information shared was significant, but materials were well planned and executed. The information will help me start to develop as a caring and effective contact tracer. I also gained a lot of information which will help me make informed choices about my behavior which are based on current science and the history of public health. Thank you.

The course content and presentation were excellent. Some of the wording on the final exam was confusing, e.g., Questions 17 and 26 used the wrong pronoun. In my opinion, Questions, 6, 15, and 30 were poorly written and there seemed too much room for interpretation by the test taker.

Overall, I'm glad that I took the course and I learned much more than when I started.

I have completed the COVID -19 Contract Tracing course all the way from Australia. The course was excellent and very well done . Thank you for making this course available to everyone during this pandemic .A wonderful way to fill in your spare time while at home and educating yourself at the same time. Thank you to the Instructor Emily .You are an Angel . Thank You .

I had learned much of this from CNN, but the Detailed aspects and very specific Visual representations of the Timelines of Infection solidified what I have known and what I learned through this course. I believe this is a very detailed, clearly spoken and designed course, enabling nearly anyone to fully understand the COVID-19 risk and our ability to reduce that risk.

This was a informative course on COVID-19 Contact Tracing. The instructor did an excellent job of explaining each step of the course. I learned important facts about COVID-19. I learned how to better communicate when contacting clients. I appreciate the opportunity to take this course. I enjoy learning and I do hope I will be able to enroll into classes in the future.

Information was presented in a concise, easy to understand format. Lecturers were clearly well versed in their field. I appreciated the use of role plays to demonstrate the concepts. Providing opportunities to reflect and assess after each section helped to reinforce the concepts presented. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to access this training.

This was a very informative and thorough course. My favorite part of this course was being able to listen to mock calls that provide example scenarios of calls that went well and those that could have been handled better. I feel confident that I understand the basic framework of contact tracing and have a base set of knowledge to assist my state with contact tracing.

It is very difficult to have disease in a situation like this. This is an excellent course to understand and to identify the situation of an individual who's fighting with coronavirus. As a contact tracer, we must protect our community from this disease by helping to prevent and slow down the transmission of COVID-19 which might decrease the total number of infected.

Emily S. Gurley, PhD

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Dear Professor Gurley

My name is Wolfgang Lucena, educator and I want to inform you that being your student in Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was a really educational life experience as well as it's a honor to be among of the COVID-19 contact tracing candidates.

Sincerely

Wolfgang Lucena

Great course! I learnt so much about COVID-19 that I didn't already know and about contact tracing. The diagrams explaining the infectious and incubation period were particularly helpful and the speed was perfect. The assessments throughout were a mixture of multiple-choice questions and short answer questions - great way to test our knowledge! Recommend this course!

This is an excellent course to prepare individuals wanting to be involved in contact tracing, not just COVID-19 contact tracing. It discusses in depth the various nuances of how and what type of questions to ask, how to create rapport, the need for detailed notes, what to say and what to avoid saying; in short it's a real education into the "art" of contact tracing.

This course provides the essential information one would need to properly perform contact tracing (and case support) successfully, by thoroughly covering procedures and practices but more importantly, how to develop and build rapport. The examples for doing so are demonstrated and analyzed, to illustrate what successful, interpersonal communications skills look like.

This course was very informative. Thank the staff for making it very straight forward and simple to complete. I have taken many online course, this one kept my interest, as well as taught very relevant information. There was not any long drawn out useless information. Thanks again for a great course. May we all be able to get through this pandemic safely and soundly.

This was a comprehensive, well-paced, & informational contact tracing course. Dr Gurley was very articulate & easy to understand. The slides were well developed and helpful in understanding the lecture. The videos vignettes were very helpful in watching contact tracing in action. Very grateful to John Hopkins in providing this important training/learning experience.

The course was a clear ,concise, overview of contact tracing that could be applied to any kind of outbreak with a few tweaks ...

It covers what to expect, what's expected, & how to do it. I imagine the knowledge gained works in just about any jurisdiction ...

And Johns Hopkins really put their best forward with Prof. Emily Gurley ...

Thank you ...

Excellent course which lays out the basics of contact tracing as it is related to disease in general with specificity concerning COVID-19. This is done in clear concise and specific terms that makes it easy to follow and understand. The content is comprehensive and neither over or underwhelming. The knowledge checks are plentiful with meaning. I enjoyed this course.

This is a great course and everyone should take it to learn about the COVID-19 virus even if they don't do the contact tracing job. I have a much better understanding about the virus now. This course will inform and help stop the virus from spreading once people know and understand it better. Thanks for the course and please let me know about any update information.

This was an excellent course. With vital information and insight on how to conduct appropriate contact tracing. I am recommending that all my staff take this very insightful course and receive their certificate. It was easy to go through at an easy pace and very easy to receive and retain the information. Great Job Dr. Gurley! I would take a class from you anytime.