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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

EM

May 22, 2020

Easy to follow and understand. The instructor was very clear and knowledgeable of the subject matter. The vignettes were excellent demonstrations of best practices. I am so happy to be a part of this.

DJ

Jul 1, 2020

This course enlightened my understanding of COVID-19 and contact tracing. It is well written, very clear regarding the training/information and a bonus for the helping the community and professionals.

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By Lori F

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Aug 6, 2020

This course was extremely well organized and informative. The practice sections were very helpful.

The role playing was also very helpful to see the calls in action. I liked the videos of how not to do an interview followed up with the correct way to do an interview. Very worthwhile course!

By Reneda B

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Aug 3, 2020

The COVID-19 Contact Tracing course is very thorough. The PowerPoint presentation helps to reiterate what the speaker is teaching about. It wasn't a difficult course, and can be accomplished in a timely manner. I highly recommend taking this class if you are interested in contact tracing.

By Pamela H

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Jul 8, 2020

Excellent course! The content was clear and very easy to follow. I appreciated the flow in which the facilitator provided the content. The scenarios did not appear scripted and were presented in very real time. So glad I took this optional course offered through my local platform.

By Deleted A

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Jun 8, 2020

This has been a valuable experience for me. I have learned the true facts about COVID-19.

This course, should be available to everyone., because I think it would reduce the amount of false information and myths circulating in the news. The information is very clear and was relayed expertly.

By Marc S

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May 31, 2020

Dr.Gurley narrates this course so well. Her expertise shines through the course and makes the science, technology and back ground information accessible and very interesting to learn about. This was a perfect balance of science and medicine for those of us who are not in the medical field.

By Abioye T

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May 21, 2020

This course is very detailed and highly informative. The Professor is very clear in her presentation and the clarity of the visuals and audio is second to none. This course is timely and very beneficient for everyone who desires to gain knowledge about COVID 19 and help in contact tracing.

By ALEXIS M D A

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Oct 11, 2022

The course is very informative and provides crystal clear information. All the topics was delivered in a manner easy to understand. It helped me learn a lot about the topic and how to help myself and the community in contact tracing as well as contrbute in ending the spread of the virus.

By Tamara R

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Dec 27, 2020

This was an excellent course. Everything is explained in easily understandable terms, and I have learned a lot. Hopefully, I will be able to help out in my community to prevent the spread of COVID 19.

Thank you again to John Hopkins university for providing this free course.

Tamara Robinson

By Carmen d l A R H

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Oct 15, 2020

Excelentes los contenidos y métodos de aprendizaje que facilita la actualización de los protocolos a seguir en el rastreo y en el seguimiento de enfermedades infecciosas como es el caso del SARS-COV2.

Enhorabuena a todos los profesionales implicados en la elaboración de este curso.

Saludos.

By Yulanda T

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Sep 2, 2020

I learned so much from this course, I found out about it through Matthew Lesko (look for him on youtube, he provides a lot of great resources for making money at home and grants). My goal is to add side income as a contact tracer this also helps me at my current job at a Hospital in NYC.

By José A A S

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Aug 19, 2020

Es un curso de mucha utilidad para nuestro trabajo en la hoteleria y nos permite de manera eficiente identificar situaciones de contagio así como minimizar la cadena de contiguos en la organización contribuyendo con la salud pública de nuestra sociedad y lucha contra la pandemia COVID-19.

By LaQuasha A G

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Aug 11, 2020

This was an excellent course. It definitely gave me better incite to being an effective as well as efficient contract tracer. The examples were on point and I liked the short quizzes after each section. I Also enjoyed the breakdown of the definitions. I would highly recommend this course.

By PATRICIO I A M

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Jun 29, 2020

Thank you very much for all the information, for making it easy to understand, apply and understand the concepts of the Covid 19, as well as provide me with the necessary tools to perform contact tracing and be able to help the community of my country.

greetings from Chile- South America.

By Eugene

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Jun 13, 2020

It was a wonderful experience gathering lot of knownege on things that I properly did not know. With the world changing so fast I think such inniciative in bringing people to get a fast understanding with contact tracing will go a long way helping nation's and people to be more proactive.

By NC

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Jun 6, 2020

Thank you for a thorough and effective course. I feel more confident with the possibility of being a contact tracer and working with potential cases and contacts. The videos embedded in the course provided helpful examples of how and how not to approach certain contact tracing situations.

By Paige V

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May 25, 2020

This course was extremely helpful. They use a combination of written, verbal, and role playing lessons. My understanding of infectious periods, how coronavirus spreads, and effectively communicating with cases and contacts improved. The self checks throughout the course were also helpful.

By Leslie J

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May 25, 2020

Clear, concise and useful information to help understand and take a proactive role for the greater good. I am grateful to have opportunity to take this course during my own time to advance my understanding and skills to help keep myself and others safe throughout this pandemic. Thank you!

By N S

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May 19, 2020

Its a excellent course . Course provide a clear picture about covid -19 signs and symptoms. Speaker clearly explains you about the important of contact tracing , procedures involved , significance of communication and more . Live discussion make the course more interesting . Thank you all

By Rebecca H

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May 15, 2020

This course really gives insight into what contact tracing is and what the job will be once hired. It is not a catch all, as this is introductory and each community will have different needs but it really allowed me to have all the information before signing up to become a contact tracer.

By Samantha B

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Jun 12, 2022

The information used in this course was very knowledgable and allowed me to understand how diseases spread . Helps to avoid misinformation , gives support to community leaders, advocates . It also helps bridges the communication gap between healthcare and the communities they serve.

By Hope L

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Feb 5, 2021

Though this was Covid-19 related information, this was a great refresh course from my previous work in HIV/AIDI. This course was easy and learner-friendly, especially for those that do not have infectious diseases. What I loved the most, is you can go through the course at your own pace.

By Dr. Z A

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Sep 11, 2020

I appreciate the efforts of Coursera for COVID 19 awareness and its prevention. I found this course easy, very informative, and understandable about COVID 19 clinical features, its diagnostic investigation, and its prevention, with very effective communication and counseling techniques.

By Aileen L

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Aug 15, 2020

I have learned a lot in understanding COVID19 and how to approach it. This course should be offered to all local government units for it provides a way to understand the virus wherein you do not panic but rather be proactive in assisting the infected and help those doing contact tracing.

By Hilde S

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Aug 13, 2020

Being a student in the science field, I was amazed at the number of facts I learned while taking this course. It has definitely improved my knowledge of Covid-19. I am grateful for the opportunity and thank you to all the team members for the well put presentations. Highly recommend!!!!

By NOUIEA B H A

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Jul 25, 2020

Very flexible and informative course! I like how this course includes demos to make the topics clearer and easier to understand. I also love how the interface of the LMS of coursera is organized! Thank you so much Johns Hopkins University and coursera for this great learning opportunity!