Course Description: This is a 3 days basic COVID-19 surveillance training for surveillance officers and health professionals on COVID-19 surveillance. It enables them to screen passengers, investigate COVID-19 suspected cases, identify, list and follow contacts.

Course Goal:    To provide participants with necessary knowledge, skill and attitude needed to undertake COVID-19 surveillance

Learning Objectives: By the end of this training course, the participant will be able to:

• Describe approaches to public health surveillance mean
• Identify COVID-19 surveillance strategies
• Apply passenger screening principles
• Discuss approach of  both alert & outbreak investigations
• Appraise contact tracing principles

Training Methods

• Illustrated lectures
• Reading
• Group discussions
• Case studies
• Role plays

Training Materials

• Participant handbook
• Facilitators manual
• Laptop computer
• LCD projector
• Flipcharts and markers
• Note books, pens, A4 sized papers
• Infra-red thermometer
• PPEs (face mask, gown/film gown, face shield/eye google, gloves, sanitizer, etc)

References:

• PHEM guideline
• National COVID-19 handbook
• WHO surveillance guideline
• CDC surveillance guideline

Participant Selection  

Criteria                       

• participants of this course should be surveillance officers and other health professionals who:
• Are currently working as surveillance officers
• Will get engaged in COVID-19 surveillance

Method of evaluation

Participant

Formative

• Pre-test
• Group exercises

Summative

• Knowledge assessment (80%): Post-test questionnaire
• Participant’s activity (20%): Attendance and participation

Course:

• Daily Evaluation
• Daily trainer’s feedback evaluation
• End of Course evaluation

Certification Criteria: Participants will be certified when they score more than 70% in the summative assessment

Trainer’s Selection Criteria

• Who trained long term (6 months and above) surveillance training
• Involved in at least one in-service surveillance training material development
• Involved in COVID-19 pandemic response
• Trained on facilitation skill.

Course Venue: Accommodative Hall (Well ventilated, well illuminated) separate rooms for group work, audio-visual training and support training centers.

Suggested class size: Accommodates 20-25 participants and 5 trainers.

Course Duration: Three days

Course Composition: 25 participants, 5 trainers

• Listing ID: 5898
• Course Code: 08AAUTAH/0120/COU0005/13/21
• CPD Unit: 15
• Course Duration: 5 Days

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