COVID-19: What You Need to Know

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COVID-19: What You Need to Know

Instructor: Rishi Desai, MD, MPH

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1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

7,040 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

3 hours to complete

Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

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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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.

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

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5 videos7 readings7 assignments1 plugin

5 videosTotal 50 minutes

COVID-1925 minutes
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse Transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)9 minutes
Imaging Features of COVID-197 minutes
N95 Masks - Clinical Skills3 minutes
Beating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5 minutes

7 readingsTotal 31 minutes

COVID-1910 minutes
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse-Transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)5 minutes
Imaging Features of COVID-195 minutes
N95 Masks - Clinical Skills2 minutes
Beating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5 minutes
Essential Information on COVID-19 for Healthcare Workers2 minutes
COVID-19 General Public Fact Sheet2 minutes

7 assignmentsTotal 110 minutes

COVID-19 Quiz30 minutes
Final Quiz10 minutes
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse Transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR)30 minutes
Imaging Features of COVID-195 minutes
N95 Masks - Clinical Skills30 minutes
Beating Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve, Raise the Line5 minutes
Complete Course0 minutes

1 pluginTotal 2 minutes

Post Assessment and Course Survey2 minutes

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Reviewed on Jun 7, 2020

Very informative, and convenient course covering basic COVID-19 information. The course does include some genetics in an easy to understand formate that may be applied to patient teaching.

Reviewed on Jul 3, 2020

The course gives a detailed introduction into Covid-19, including what it is, how it originated, how it's detected, and what you can do to fight the disease. I am absolutely glad I took it!

Reviewed on Oct 13, 2020

Amazing course which covers the details about this pandemic (excluding financial aspects) in brief. It was very engaging, the the diagnostic techniques were also explained in crisp details.

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