Training
This page includes training-specific content that can be used by learners and/or trainers, including topics for a wide range of audiences from epidemiologists to healthcare providers to communication specialists.
Topics:
I. Training Specific to COVID-19: This section includes both self-guided and instructor-led online courses and microlearnings. As able, each lists the level of the course, estimated time commitment and what languages are available.
II. Training Related to Researching and Managing Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemics: This section includes both self-guided and instructor-led online courses and microlearnings. As able, each lists the level of the course, estimated time commitment and what languages are available.
III. Trainings Specific to COVID-19 Vaccinations: This section includes both self-guided and instructor-led online courses and microlearnings. As able, each lists the level of the course, estimated time commitment and what languages are available.
IV. Webinars: This section includes recorded webinars from organizational partners on specific topics such as N-95 usage, psychological first aid and risk communications, among others.
V. Training Materials & Job Aids: This section includes materials that may be accessed and used by trainers and end users, including simulation exercise, handbook, and B-roll video. There are more materials available in the FETP Network Resources and Response page as well.
Coronavirus Knowledge Hub: Training Resources | Other Sharing Platforms and Knowledge Hubs | Organizational and Government Response | Research | FETP Network Resources and Responses
*FEATURED TRAINING: Contact Tracing Training
The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada have developed three new modules as part of a larger learning program to train contact tracers. These free modules target both novice and experienced contact tracers who may or may not have a background in public health. The three modules include: Introduction to Contact Tracing; Case Interviewing and About Public Health in Canada. They are available in French and English. To access the modules, use the link below and click on “Health Emergency Management” (note: you will need to create or log into an existing account).
*FEATURED TRAINING: eLearning Series on Contact Tracing
Australian and Canadian FETPs
Through funding from TEPHINET, the Australian Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology (MAE) program (housed within the Australian National University) and the Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (housed within the Public Health Agency of Canada) have developed a new, three-module learning series on contact tracing. This series aims to provide public health professionals with essential skills and competencies associated with designing and implementing contact tracing programs.
Theses modules are available in both English and Spanish
I. Training Specific to COVID-19
SocialNet: Social and behavioral insights COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa
World Health Organization
This course is for anyone looking to use the Social and Behavioral Insights (SBI) Tool to better inform their response to COVID-19. The course explains how to use the tool and provides tips and tricks to ensure implementation is successful and impactful.
Related Resources
SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic testing
World Health Organization
This course aims to provide Ag-RDT users with an understanding of the theoretical and practical components of SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDT testing.
COVID-19 infodemic management: risk communication and community engagement challenges
World Health Organization
This course will focus on how countries, communities and individuals are managing public health and social measures by maintaining what’s working while addressing challenges that still lie ahead for 2022.
Management and Facilitation of a Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR)
World Health Organization
The Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) is a facilitated process that brings together COVID-19 responders from multiple sectors for experience sharing and collective learning, and it has been modelled after the WHO After Action Review (AAR) methodology. This course provides a general introduction to the management and facilitation of an IAR during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
ENGLISH |РУССКИЙ - ESPAÑOL - PORTUGUÊS - FRANÇAIS - العربية
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
World Health Organization
This self-paced, three-module course (duration: approximately one hour) provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patients and others in the healthcare facility. This training is intended for healthcare workers and public health professionals, as it is focused on infection prevention and control.
ENGLISH | РУССКИЙ | Српски | ITALIANO | PORTUGUÊS | ESPAÑOL | INDONESIAN | 日本語 | FRANÇAIS | BAHASA INDONESIA | | СРПСКИ ЈЕЗИК | 中文 | МАКЕДОНСКИ ЈАЗИК | TÜRKÇE | JĘZYK POLSKI | TIẾNG VIỆT | العربية | NEDERLANDS | TETUN
Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
World Health Organization
This course provides a general introduction to COVID-19 and emerging respiratory viruses and is intended for public health professionals, incident managers and personnel working for the United Nations, international organizations and NGOs.
ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL | 中文 | PORTUGUÊS | العربية | РУССКИЙ | TÜRKÇE | СРПСКИ ЈЕЗИК | فارسی | हिन्दी, हिंदी | МАКЕДОНСКИ ЈАЗИК | TIẾNG VIỆT | INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGE | MAGYAR | BAHASA INDONESIA | বাংলা | اردو | KISWAHILI | አማርኛ | ଓଡିଆ | HAUSA | TETUN | DEUTSCH | ÈDÈ YORÙBÁ | ASỤSỤ IGBO | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ | ISIZULU | SOOMAALIGA | AFAAN OROMOO | دری | KURDÎ | پښتو
COVID-19: Operational Planning Guidelines and COVID-19 Partners Platform to support country preparedness and response
World Health Organization
These planning guidelines describe priority steps and actions to be included in countries’ preparedness and response plans across the major areas of public health preparedness and response. This is aligned with the previously published COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) (See Organization and Government Response Page)
ENGLISH | PORTUGUÊS | FRANÇAIS | РУССКИЙ | 中文 | BAHASA INDONESIA | العربية | ESPAÑOL
Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection
World Health Organization
This course includes content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection.
ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | РУССКИЙ | INDONESIAN | PORTUGUÊS | Tiếng Việt | ESPAÑOL | МАКЕДОНСКИ | العربية
ePROTECT Respiratory Infections
World Health Organization
All personnel responding to outbreaks of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARIs) need to have the basic knowledge and skills to mount an effective response. They need to understand what ARIs are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of infection and to understand basic hygiene measures to protect themselves.
ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | РУССКИЙ | INDONESIAN | PORTUGUÊS | 中文 | العربية | ESPAÑOL | العربية | TIẾNG VIỆT | বাংলা | SHQIP | МАКЕДОНСКИ | TETUN
Introduction to Go.Data: Field Data Collection, Chains of Transmission and Contact Follow-up
World Health Organization
Go.Data is a field data collection platform focusing on case data (including lab, hospitalization and other variables through case investigation form) and contact data (including contact follow-up).
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Design
World Health Organization
The SARI Facilities training package provides a thorough understanding of the principles driving the design process of COVID-19 screening areas for health care facilities, community facilities and SARI treatment centers, including how to repurpose an existing building into a SARI treatment center.
ENGLISH | PORTUGUÊS | РУССКИЙ | العربية | ITALIANO | INDONESIAN | ESPAÑOL | FRANÇAIS
COVID-19 at Points of Entry
World Health Organization
WHO has created four courses to help responders in the detection and management of suspected cases at points of entry (POE) in settings such as Board Ships, Aviation, and at ground crossings.
- Management of ill travelers at points of entry in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak
- Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks on Board Ships
- Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in Aviation
- Controlling the Spread of COVID-19 at Ground Crossings
Foundational Training for COVID-19 Responders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This training plan provides foundational COVID-19 information for individuals assisting in the COVID-19 response. The plan includes required, recommended, and supplemental training.
Microlearning: Non-pharmaceutical Countermeasures for COVID-19
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Seven-part series:
- Introduction to Non-Pharmaceutical Countermeasure for COVID-19
- Personal protective equipment against COVID-19
- Environmental countermeasures against COVID-19
- Physical distancing countermeasures against COVID-19
- Infection prevention and control in the household against COVID-19
- Travel related countermeasures against COVID-19
- Mother-Infant health in the context of COVID-19
Integrated Public Health COVID-19 Learning Hub
Kaya
This platform is a “one stop” Public Health COVID-19 learning hub accessible to all and guiding specific audiences towards Public Health capacity strengthening content based on the level of detail and technical knowledge they need.
The COVID-19 Learning Pathway (COVID and Humanitarian Responses)
Kaya
The course is provided by the Humanitarian Leadership Academy and Save the Children. This is designed to support humanitarians’ responses during this crisis, covering a number of critical topics, including Public Health, Child Protection and Gender/Equality.
COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus
Future Learn
This is a 3-week (4 hours weekly) course developed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The course will cover: What is known about the outbreak, what are the practical implications for responding to COVID-19 and understanding the gaps in our knowledge and the steps being taken to address them to better respond to COVID-19.
Managing COVID-19 in General Practice
Future Learn
This is a 2-week (2 hours weekly) course developed by the St.George’s University of London. This course is designed for front-line clinicians and healthcare workers who are dealing with the large volume of patients in the current COVID-19 pandemic within the UK primary care.
COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application
Future Learn
This is a 6-week (1 hour weekly) course developed by The University of Edinburgh and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The course is designed for front-line clinicians and healthcare workers to effectively care for critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Diagnostics and Testing
Future Learn
This is a 3-week (3 hours weekly) course developed by FIND, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and ASLM. The course is designed for professionals involved in the testing and diagnosis of COVID-19, with a focus on low and middle-income settings.
Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology: A Johns Hopkins Teach-Out
Coursera
The course is offered by Johns Hopkins University and is a beginner course (5 hours) for the general public interested in how public health professionals identify and measure outbreaks, like the COVID-19 epidemic, and want to understand the epidemiology of these infections. Subtitles available: Spanish and Italian
COVID-19: What You Need to Know
Coursera
The course (3 hours) is offered by IPMA and Osmosis. This course is for health professionals interested in staying informed of current information put forth by the CDC, WHO, and other leading agencies and covers the basics, personal protective equipment, diagnostics, and other material.
Beginner course: Continuous Medical Education (CME) Eligible
Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Coursera
The course is offered by Johns Hopkins University and is a 3-hour course for the managers and developers of contact tracing program interested in measuring and maximizing impact of COVID-19 Contract Tracing.
COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Coursera
This is a course (6 hours) offered by the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health for professionals interested in acquiring key skills in contact tracing.
Beginner course: Free Course Certificate
Rapid Response Teams for COVID-19
EMPHNET
This training provides trainees with the core competencies needed to respond to public health threats of international concern.
II. Training Related to Researching and Managing Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemics
*FEATURED TRAINING: Risk Communication Training
TEPHINET
The main purpose of this curriculum is to guide those who communicate on behalf of their organization during an emergency with risk communication principles and best practices.
*FEATURED TRAINING: Contact Tracing Training
The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada have developed three new modules as part of a larger learning program to train contact tracers. These free modules target both novice and experienced contact tracers who may or may not have a background in public health. The three modules include: Introduction to Contact Tracing; Case Interviewing and About Public Health in Canada. They are available in French and English. To access the modules, use the link below and click on “Health Emergency Management” (note: you will need to create or log into an existing account).
Pandemic and Epidemic-prone Diseases
World Health Organization
This introductory level online course aims to equip frontline responders with the latest know-how to manage outbreaks of known and emerging epidemic-prone diseases in the 21st century.
Public Health Interventions in Pandemics and Epidemics
World Health Organization
The 21st century has witnessed changes - travel and trade, urbanization, environmental degradation and other trends that increase the risk of disease outbreaks, their spread and amplification into epidemics and pandemics. This introductory level online course will guide you through the new landscape by providing information and tools you need to better manage disease outbreaks and health emergencies.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) core components and multimodal strategies
World Health Organization
This course provides the essential components of effective IPC programmes, including multimodal strategies for implementation, at the national and facility level, according to scientific evidence and the advice of WHO and international experts.
Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course
U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This course will provide infection prevention and control (IPC) training for individuals responsible for IPC programs in nursing homes so they can effectively implement their programs and ensure adherence to recommended practices by front-line staff.
Airway Matters
Future Learn
This is a 5-week (4 hour weekly) course developed by University College London and University College London Hospital. This course is for all members of the multidisciplinary team who provide airway support to patients or care for patients with a compromised airway. The course will explore key concepts underlying safe, multidisciplinary airway management.
COVID-19: Pandemics, Modelling, and Policy
FutureLearn
UNESCO UNITWIN Complex Systems Digital Campus and The Open University developed this 2-week Course (2 hours weekly). The course will explore the social, economic, and political factors in the spread of a pandemic such as COVID-19, examining how scientists try to forecast the spread and severity of epidemics, and what we can and can’t know.
COVID-19: Psychological Impact, Wellbeing and Mental Health
FutureLearn
Maudsley Learning and The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust developed this 3-week Course (2 hours weekly). The course provides helpful strategies and advice on how to deal with the anxiety and uncertainty of COVID-19, cope with its challenges, and ultimately prepare for life after coronavirus.
Social Care During COVID-19: Coping with Self-Isolation and Social Distancing
FutureLearn
The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust developed this Course. The 4-week course (1 hour weekly) will explore the impact of self-isolation and social distancing on social care, as well as the added vulnerabilities that COVID-19 may create.
Communicating During Global Health Emergencies
Rollins School of Public Health and CDC: Division of Global Health Protection
This course introduces basic concepts and principles of communicating during a global crisis or emergency. It explores why communication during an emergency is different and the importance of adapting emergency messages to the needs of affected populations. This course is free to audit, without access to assessments.
Ethics in Epidemics, Emergencies and Disasters: Research, Surveillance and Patient Care
The Global Health Training Centre
This seven-module course offers comprehensive training exploring the wide range of ethical issues faced by health professionals and policymakers working in the context of epidemics/pandemics and disaster situations, focusing primarily on the key areas of research, surveillance and patient care.
eLearning Series on Contact Tracing
Australian and Canadian FETPs
Through funding from TEPHINET, the Australian Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology (MAE) program (housed within the Australian National University) and the Canadian Field Epidemiology Program (housed within the Public Health Agency of Canada) have developed a new, three-module learning series on contact tracing. This series aims to provide public health professionals with essential skills and competencies associated with designing and implementing contact tracing programs. Theses modules are available in both English and Spanish.
Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for COVID-19 in West and Central Africa
The Regional Working group for Risk Communication and Community Engagement in West and Central Africa have developed a new online course on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for COVID-19 in West and Central Africa. This course aims to provide RCCE in complex situations based on practices and experiences from West and Central Africa.
Infection Prevention Control
EMPHNET
This course is designed for healthcare professionals to provide principles and competencies relevant in preventing and controlling infections, including healthcare-associated infections.
Risk Communication
EMPHNET
The course covers techniques and communication skills required throughout the preparedness, response, and recovery.
III. Trainings Specific to COVID-19 Vaccinations
COVID-19 Vaccines: Update on Allergic Reactions, Contraindications, and Precautions
CDC Clinical Outreach and Communication Activity
Clinicians provide an overview of recommendations for use of COVID-19 vaccines in certain populations. Clinicians will learn more about the recent reports of anaphylaxis following vaccination, as well as CDC’s updated clinical considerations around contraindications and precautions to vaccination.
Engaging Communities to Increase Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines
National Association of Country & City Health Officials
This webinar presented by National Association of Country & City Health Officials (NACCHO) addressed the importance of engaging communities to increase vaccine confidence as a significant factor in ensuring optimal and equitable uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 vaccination Training for Health Workers
World Health Organization
The COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers package is developed for frontline health workers in countries. The package, developed in collaboration with UNICEF, consists of 6 modules, which include video lectures, quizzes, job aids, interactive exercises and downloadable presentations with the available information.
English | Bahasa Indonesia | македонски | Русский | 中文 | Tiếng Việt | العربية | Español | Nederlands |
Français | Português
Orientation to National Deployment and Vaccination Planning for COVID-19 Vaccines
World Health Organization
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery workstream has released guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan (NDVP) for COVID-19 vaccines. This course is intended to help national and sub-national focal points in countries develop the NDVP and prepare for COVID-19 vaccine introduction.This training provides key information about COVID-19 vaccines through short instructional videos, vaccine explainers, job aids, topic briefings, and downloadable presentations.
English | македонски | Tiếng Việt | 中文 | Português | Русский | Français | Español | العربية
COVID-19 Vaccine-Specific Resources
World Health Organization
This training provides key information about COVID-19 vaccines through short instructional videos, vaccine explainers, job aids, topic briefings, and downloadable presentations.
English | 中文 | Русский | Français | Português | Español | العربية
Microlearning Video Series: Risk Communication and COVID-19 Vaccines
TEPHINET
This self-paced series of microlearning videos provides “quick learns” for those wanting to better understand and use effective risk communication principles and best practices to communicate clearly and effectively about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine, including addressing misconceptions and misinformation. The series consists of two modules with 7 or 8 videos that are each between 2-8 minutes in length. The entire series can be completed in one sitting (estimated time to complete is 1 hour and 20 minutes), or each module can be completed separately within a time frame that is suitable to the learner.
IV. Webinars
Strategies to Support the COVID-19 Response in LMICs: A Virtual Seminar Series
Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health
In this seminar series, Johns Hopkins faculty shared their experience and the latest data across key topic areas, while providing resources to help international partners prepare for the pandemic within their institutions.
Session recordings and resources
Trainings for Healthcare Professionals
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This is a list of CDC COVID-19 webinars and training materials for healthcare professionals.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness - Fit Testing N95 Respirator for Healthcare Workers
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
According to the CDC, the effectiveness of N95 respirators to control exposures to airborne infectious diseases is highly dependent on proper fit and use.
Self-Care and Applying Psychological First Aid for COVID-19 Responders
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This video provides the healthcare responder with just-in-time training on responder stress during COVID-19 and provides stress management strategies that should be implemented now to protect our healthcare workforce.
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Webinars
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Emergency preparedness and response
Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) training can help responders and public health professionals prepare to communicate in an emergency. CERC trainings are based on lessons learned during public health emergencies, evidence-based practices from the fields of risk and crisis communication, and psychology.
Strategies for Ensuring Healthcare Systems Preparedness and Optimizing N95 Supplies
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An informational webinar on how health systems can prepare for COVID-19, and optimize N95 supply. (Presentation slides)
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Global Webinar Series: Practical IPC Considerations in the Fight Against COVID-19
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), IPC professional societies and Project ECHO
Session recordings and resources
COVID-19 Clinical Rounds
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
The U.S HHS/ ASPR, in collaboration with the National Ebola and Special Pathogens Training and Education Centers (NETEC), and Project ECHO, launched a series of COVID-19 Clinical Rounds. Each Clinical Rounds session includes brief presentations from experienced expert clinicians followed by discussion related to Q&A generated by the participants.
COVID-19 Clinical Community of Practice Webinar Series
Africa CDC- Institute for Workforce Development
Africa CDC Institute for Workforce Development hosted a webinar series on COVID-19 Clinical Community of Practice.
COVID-19: Updates from Singapore
National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
The COVID-19: Updates from Singapore weekly webinar series by NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System and WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is a weekly webcast forum for leading clinicians, scientists, public health officials and policy makers with expertise in SARS CoV-2 and its associated infection COVID-19 to share insights into their field of study.
V. Training Materials & Job Aids
The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook
SciBeh
The COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Handbook is a practical guide for improving vaccine communication and fighting misinformation
COVID-19 Simulation Exercise
World Health Organization
To support countries’ preparedness efforts on the COVID-19 outbreak, WHO Department of Health Security and Preparedness has developed a generic COVID-19 tabletop exercise package.
Rapid Response Team Training Packages for COVID-19
World Health Organization
The WHO Emergency Preparedness Division consolidated an online learning package to provide National Rapid Response Teams members with the key knowledge and tools needed to early detect and effectively respond to a Covid-19 outbreak.
Contact Tracing Training
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
These sample training plans include training topics that may be helpful for state and local public health jurisdictions to consider when designing their own training plans for COVID-19 contact tracers, case investigators, and team leads.
B-Roll video: Public Health Screenings at U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention