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COVID-19: What You Need to Know

Osmosis

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COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has already resulted in hundreds of thousands of infections and thousands of deaths, with many more anticipated. This course is a go-to resource that will be regularly updated with all of the current information put forth by the CDC, WHO, and other leading agencies and covers the basics, personal protective equipment, diagnostics, and other material.
As a healthcare professional, you can help to #RaiseTheLine by becoming prepared to treat COVID-19.

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Recognize the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19
Identify how COVID-19 has spread around the world
Apply into practice the public health measures we need to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19

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Approx. 3 hours to complete

English

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Rishi Desai, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Osmosis

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Week 1

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COVID-19: What You Need to Know

Register for this free course here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid-19-what-you-need-to-know?edocomorp=public-health-free-courses COVID-19 is a global pandemic that has already resulted in millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths, with many more anticipated. This course is a go-to resource that will be regularly updated with all of the current information put forth by the CDC, WHO, and other leading agencies and covers the basics, personal protective equipment, diagnostics, and other material. Becoming familiar with the signs, learning how to manage the symptoms, and doing your part to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 will reduce the burden on our healthcare system and raise the line. This course will teach you to:- Recognize the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of COVID-19- Identify how COVID-19 has spread around the world- Apply into practice the public health measures we need to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. As a healthcare professional, you can help to #RaiseTheLine by becoming prepared to treat COVID-19. 681 thousand deaths

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 50 min), 7 readings, 7 quizzes

5 videos

COVID-1925mPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse Transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)9mImaging Features of COVID-197mN95 Masks - Clinical Skills2mBeating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5m

7 readings

COVID-1910mPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse-Transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)5mImaging Features of COVID-195mN95 Masks - Clinical Skills2mBeating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5mEssential Information on COVID-19 for Healthcare Workers2mCOVID-19 General Public Fact Sheet2m

7 practice exercises

COVID-19 Quiz30mPolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse Transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)30mImaging Features of COVID-195mN95 Masks - Clinical Skills30mBeating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5mFinal Quiz10mComplete Course

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TOP REVIEWS FROM COVID-19: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

by MPJul 1, 2020

Great system and easy to understand from video clip lectures. Short clips and well thought. I love to learn and professors are well knowledgeable. I had an awesome experience through coursera.

by MTMay 14, 2020

Excellent course for anyone looking to put together all of the pieces learned through the pandemic. The course is very well designed and helps to sift fact from conventional thinking. Well done.

by KGOct 8, 2020

The course was very comprehensive and the illustrations and diagrams broke things down very well. It was complicated information, but I was able to take it in because of how well it was explained.

by DDJul 22, 2020

This course was interesting to see how different countries approached containing the pandemic, and seeing the efficacy of them. The science behind the testing was also very interesting.

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