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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

NA

May 3, 2021

This course is truly helpful and timely. It taught me a lot about the whole process and importance of contact tracing, and how this essential tool can help in reducing the cases of COVID-19 worldwide.

AI

Jul 11, 2020

Very modern and effective way to learn bout Covid-19 and contact tracing. The resources are very complete and helpful. The excercises and quizes are relevant and prepare you for doing contact tracing.

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By Ethel R

Aug 19, 2021

Very informative. Well laid out and detailed. Some of the questions within the vignette quizzes need better specificity and clarity as sometimes I wasn't sure what the question was asking because there could have been more than one answer.

By Maureen D

Jan 24, 2021

You are never to old to learn something new and in this case important.

The Covid -19 Contact Tracing Course was

I enjoyed and I am grateful for the knowledge.

I hope i can help my community stay safe from this invisible enemy.

Thanks,

Maureen

By Oswaldo B

Dec 14, 2020

Excellent course. Concepts were explained with sufficient detail to be able to understand and see their application. Not overly detailed as to obscure the content. Videos helped prepare for scenarios that may come up during contact tracing.

By Sally S

Dec 3, 2020

I have no background in this area, but was able to understand the concepts well and pass the final exam. Very well presented and explained. Just the right amount of technical info for a layman to do contact tracing. Thank you Johns Hopkins!

By Erica S R

Aug 29, 2020

The COVID-19 Contact Tracing Course has been very informative and interesting. It’s one that I think everybody should take advantage of. The material is broken down to make it more understandable. Glad I had the opportunity to complete this

By Stella A

Aug 15, 2020

Taking this course really gave me more insight into how we all can work together to control this pandemic. It was really interesting and cool to see how contact tracing worked. This course was straightforward and quite simple to understand.

By Kourtney G

Aug 6, 2020

The course was good and easy to follow. The information was seperated into smaller chunks so that receiving the information wasn't overwhelming. The quizzes after each chapter kept me engaged and helped reinforce in my mind the main points.

By María J V V

Jul 26, 2020

Me ayudo a comprender cómo comunicarme con los pacientes aislados y el rastreo de contactos, la empatía con el paciente. Como asu también como organizarnos como equipo de salud frente a la llegada de la pandemia a nuestra pequeña comunidad

By Marsha B

Jul 5, 2020

This is a very interesting course. I never knew that I would enjoy Public Health as much as I have. It kept me curious and engaged and wanting to know more about helping others in my community to stay safe and stop the spread of COVID-19.

By Helena D

Jul 1, 2020

Thank you for providing a course that will allow individuals the opportunity to help prevent the fight against COVID-19. This knowledge course has know empowered me to help those that are cases and contacts to receive the assistance needed.

By Lisa V C

Jun 5, 2020

Very informative on the facts known of the virus and spread. Great review for me of communications and empathy in such situations. Easy to follow. Continued follow up of evaluations along the way of your knowledge to the infomation learned.

By Lee B

Jun 1, 2020

Excellent. Clear, concise, and helpful. I took the course to learn more, without having any intention of serving as a contact tracer. I'm still not eager to do it, but I think I could if I needed to. Thank you for offering this opportunity.

By Douglas K

May 25, 2020

Great organization of material, concepts and information was clear and easy to understand. Role plays were well done and effective in showing real situations. One of the role plays was difficult to hear, The final one done by the young man.

By Steven C

May 25, 2020

Excellent! Very informative course about the origin of the virus and steps being taken to reduce transmission. Fundamental review of communication techniques, with great examples was extremely helpful. A must for anyone in public health.

By Brenda J G

May 23, 2020

This course was very informative, educational and easy to navigate…..yes, job well done Dr. Emily Gurley. And yes, I truly appreciate Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health offering this “free” course and certification.

By Rusununguko Z M

May 22, 2020

This was an excellent course! The videos were easy to understand. The quizzes where extremely helpful for retaining information. I appreciate that for the most part they were right after each lesson. The scenarios were very helpful as well.

By JD W

May 16, 2020

This is an excellent way to understand the process of contact tracing. It is very well thought out and gives a step by step way of learning how and what is necessary to become a contact tracer. Thanks for allowing me to gain this knowledge.

By Ludwig L

Jun 6, 2023

This free course online has landed me a job during hard times way back in 2020 during the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you very much Coursera for helping me land a job. I hope you will still provide free courses in the future. Thank you so much.

By Joselito P P

Jun 12, 2021

others will think this is difficult but if you experienced and study what need to do you will be enagage and everything is easy. this course will help me also my family and friends to prevent covid19 spreading. thank you for this course :)

By Sarah J F

Jan 1, 2021

I loved this course. It made me understand contact tracing not only on a scientific level better, but also on how to communicate well with my cases and coworkers if I choose to get a job as a contact tracer. I highly recommend this course.

By Deborah M H

Nov 20, 2020

This was a great learning about case and contact tracing. I enjoyed the course. I have been in different roles with COVID from contact centre phone lines to infection control measures in the schools and now to CCM. I enjoyed . Thank you.

By Maria M

Nov 17, 2020

This was a very well taught course and very informative - I thoroughly recommend this to anyone interested in the basics of Contact Tracing and everything that it encompasses as a newly evolving science and public health policy enhancement

By M. A Q F

Oct 24, 2020

It has been a great experience to attend this course. Dr. Emily S. Gurley was very clear and comprehensive in all the topics she touched. In this Pandemic the knowledge acquired through this course will be extremely beneficial to humanity.

By Mr E A

Oct 5, 2020

This is a very Powerful, Informative course. The videos were very well done. The multiple choice options were very tricky, but they brought the lesson home. I recommend this as the foundational course for all health industry professionals.

By Amy A

Aug 3, 2020

This was a great course. It carefully explained everything we needed to know as Contact Tracers. The tests that take place after each section are great ways to test for comprehension, while also breaking things down into manageable chunks.