An overview of the tools, techniques, and practices that can be enacted by policy makers, countries, and organizations to monitor, manage, and react to pandemics and mitigate and govern their impacts.
An introductory, multidisciplinary course covering data science, social science, healthcare, and management, paving the way to various courses on specific matters.
This course is part of the research project 'Pan-European Response to the Impacts of the COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics' (PERISCOPE, https://www.periscopeproject.eu/). Funded by the European Commission Research Funding programme Horizon 2020 under the Grant Agreement number 101016233, PERISCOPE investigates the broad socio-economic and behavioural impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, to make Europe more resilient and prepared for future large-scale risks.
What's included
1 video
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1 video•Total 4 minutes
Welcome and overview•4 minutes
Data-driven Approaches to Pandemics
Module 2•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, we discuss how data-driven approaches can support the monitoring and management of pandemics and other critical settings in our society.
What's included
4 videos2 readings4 assignments
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4 videos•Total 26 minutes
Crowdsourcing, Gamification, and Data Collection for Decision Making•5 minutes
Network based Financial Inclusion•9 minutes
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare•9 minutes
High-resolution contact network data to simulate epidemic dynamics and the impact of digital contact tracing•3 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
Slides on Crowdsourcing, Gamification, and Data Collection•10 minutes
Overview on Network based Financial Inclusion•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 70 minutes
Quiz on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare•30 minutes
Quiz on Crowdsourcing, Gamification, and Data Collection•15 minutes
Quiz on Network based Financial Inclusion•15 minutes
Quiz on High-resolution contact network data to simulate epidemic dynamics and the impact of digital contact tracing•10 minutes
Pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response
Module 3•2 hours to complete
Module details
In this module, we offer an overview of health-related approaches and solutions to prepare for, prevent, and respond to pandemics.
What's included
4 videos2 readings4 assignments
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4 videos•Total 21 minutes
One Health: role in pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response•4 minutes
Strengthening territorial response for better health•8 minutes
Built Environment & Infectious Diseases•4 minutes
Ending Stigma and Improving Mental Health•4 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
One Health High-Level Expert Panel•10 minutes
Further readings•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 50 minutes
Quiz on One Health: role in pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response•0 minutes
Quiz on Strengthening territorial response for better health•30 minutes
Quiz on Built Environment & Infectious Diseases•10 minutes
Quiz on Ending Stigma and Improving Mental Health•10 minutes
Social work during and after a pandemic
Module 4•1 hour to complete
Module details
What's included
2 videos2 assignments
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2 videos•Total 11 minutes
Overview: social work during and after a pandemic•5 minutes
Ethnographic Insights into COVID-19 Vaccine Policymaking•6 minutes
2 assignments•Total 32 minutes
Introductory quiz•2 minutes
Ethnographic Insights into COVID-19 Vaccine Policymaking•30 minutes
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