Course Description
Global Uncertainty Amidst COVID-19: Impact On Health Outcomes explores our present climate of global uncertainty, increased anxiety, profound loss of life and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral and medical health outcomes. The curriculum examines the epidemiology, prevalence rates and community spread. Furthermore, evaluates how COVID-19 exacerbates pre-existing racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare and leads to increased morbidity and mortality rates. Practitioners will learn to identify Self-Care Strategies (mindfulness, meditation, breathing and progressive muscle relaxation) to manage distress during these uncertain times.
Course Title: Global Uncertainty Amidst COVD-19: Impact On Health Outcomes
Instructors: Trélan Nicole Holder, MS, LCSW & Terri-Ann O’Sullivan, MS, LCSW, CCRN
Contact Hours/CEUs: 4-Hours
Format: Online Self-Study Course (Text-based Readings and Videos)
Process: Register and pay for course. Read content online. Pass online post-test and print certificate of completion. Registrants can access course for 2 years from date of registration.
Learning Objectives:
- Acquire an understanding of virology
- Define the medical term—virus
- Define the term—pandemic
- Explore the etiology of viral infection, specific to the colony of coronaviruses
- Identify the novel characteristics of COVID-19
- Recognize the criteria for diagnosis, treatment regimen and prevention methods
- Examine the global impact of COVID-19
- Acquire knowledge specific to epidemiology, prevalence rates and community spread
- Examine The United States National Pandemic Response To COVID (Surging Death Toll and PPE Crisis)
- Evaluate how COVID-19 exacerbates pre-existing racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare and leads to increased morbidity and mortality rates
- Explore COVID-19 public health guidelines, healthcare policies and government legislation (CARES Act)
- Evaluate how COVID-19 impacts mental and behavioral health
- Assess Secondary Trauma and Moral Injury in Frontline Healthcare Workers
- Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse
- Approaches to managing the family system and talking to children about COVID-19
- Explore approaches to managing COVID-19 imposed telecommuting and work-life balance
- Identify Self-Care Strategies (mindfulness, meditation, breathing and progressive muscle relaxation)
Course Features
- Lectures 76
- Quizzes 5
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 49
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Self
Curriculum
- 8 Sections
- 76 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Module 1: Course Overview, Learning Objectives & Pre-TestCourse Description, Learning Objectives, Pre-Test3
- Module 2:What are Coronaviruses?Virology, Colony of Coronaviruses, COVID-19 Infection, Novel characteristics of COVID-19, Impact of COVID-19 on the Immune System17
- 2.1Module 2: What are Coronaviruses?5 Minutes
- 2.2What is a virus?5 Minutes
- 2.3SARS & MERS5 Minutes
- 2.4What is COVID-19?5 Minutes
- 2.5How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells5 Minutes
- 2.6COVID Spike Proteins5 Minutes
- 2.7COVID Cell Penetration5 Minutes
- 2.8COVID Viral RNA5 Minutes
- 2.9COVID Hijacking Infected Cell5 Minutes
- 2.10COVID Viral Proteins5 Minutes
- 2.11Replication5 Minutes
- 2.12Viral Spread5 Minutes
- 2.13Immune Response5 Minutes
- 2.14Expulsion5 Minutes
- 2.15Potential Vaccine5 Minutes
- 2.16Prevent Infection5 Minutes
- 2.17Module 2: Review Quiz10 Minutes3 Questions
- Module 3: Diagnosis, Treatment & PreventionIncubation, COVID-19 Symptoms, Diagnosis & Testing, Treatment, Transmission, Prevention, High-Risk Populations10
- 3.1Module 3: Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention5 Minutes
- 3.2Why has COVID caused illness in humans?5 Minutes
- 3.3CDC: COVID-19 Symptom Checker5 Minutes
- 3.4Video: What COVID-19 symptoms look like, day by day5 Minutes
- 3.5Diagnosis & Testing5 Minutes
- 3.6Treatment5 Minutes
- 3.7Transmission5 Minutes
- 3.8Prevention5 Minutes
- 3.9People at Higher Risk5 Minutes
- 3.10Module 3: Review Quiz10 Minutes3 Questions
- Module 4: Global Impact of COVID-19Epidemiology & Prevalence: The United States, Community Spread, Health Disparities, Social Economic Status (SES), Race & Ethnicity18
- 4.1Module 4: Global Impact of COVID-195 Minutes
- 4.2The WHO Declaration5 Minutes
- 4.3WHO: COVID-19 Response5 Minutes
- 4.4Centers of Disease Control (CDC): Health Alert5 Minutes
- 4.5Prevalence Rates5 Minutes
- 4.6Community Spread5 Minutes
- 4.7Essential Workers: Demographics5 Minutes
- 4.8Essential Workers (1)5 Minutes
- 4.9Essential Workers (2)5 Minutes
- 4.10Health Care Disparities: SES5 Minutes
- 4.11Poverty5 Minutes
- 4.12Health Care Disparities: Race & Ethnicity5 Minutes
- 4.13COVID-19: Race & Ethnic Disparities5 Minutes
- 4.14Video: Disproportionate Impact5 Minutes
- 4.15Race and Ethnic Disparities: Morbidity5 Minutes
- 4.16Consider: Racism And Discrimination5 Minutes
- 4.17Access to Care5 Minutes
- 4.18Health insurance and health outcomes5 Minutes
- Module 5: The United States Pandemic ResponseTrump Timeline, Personal Protective Equipment, CARES ACT11
- 5.1Module 5: The United States Pandemic Response5 Minutes
- 5.2U.S. Pandemic Preparedness5 Minutes
- 5.3Timeline: Trump’s Response To The Coronavirus Outbreak | NBC News5 Minutes
- 5.4The Politics of A Pandemic5 Minutes
- 5.5Audio Cast: New York Times Article5 Minutes
- 5.6PPE Preparedness: A Global Comparison5 Minutes
- 5.7PPE Shortage5 Minutes
- 5.8CARES Act: Summary of Key Health Provisions5 Minutes
- 5.9Healthcare Policies and Government Legislation (CARES Act)5 Minutes
- 5.10Distribution of CARES Act Funding Among Hospitals5 Minutes
- 5.11Funding Distribution: Private vs. Public Hospitals5 Minutes
- Module 6: COVID-19 Impact on Mental HealthAnxiety & Depression, Healthcare Workers Distress, Moral Injury, IPV, Child Abuse8
- 6.1Module 6: COVID-19 Impact on Mental Health5 Minutes
- 6.2Mental Health Trends5 Minutes
- 6.3Healthcare Professionals: Distress5 Minutes
- 6.4Moral Injury5 Minutes
- 6.5Video: Medical Economics5 Minutes
- 6.6Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)5 Minutes
- 6.7ABC News: Domestic Violence Up During Pandemic5 Minutes
- 6.8Child Abuse5 Minutes
- Module 7: Self-CareTelecommuting Trends, Self-Awareness, Signs of Burnout, Self-Care Tips & Resources7
- Module 8: Resources, References, Course Survey & Post-TestResources, References, Course Survey, Post-Test7