Global Uncertainty Amidst COVID-19: Impact On Health Outcomes

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)