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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
This Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic certification course intends to prepare surgical care providers to protect themselves, their patients, their families, and colleagues from potential infection while delivering surgical care during a pandemic. It reviews different aspects of a pandemic relevant to surgical care providers. Providers also learn how providing surgical care needs to change in these stages.
The Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic certification by edx and the University of British Columbia will educate surgical teams about the risks in a pandemic, and prepare them to respond appropriately. They will also learn how to anticipate and mitigate long-term impacts and build pathways to maintain specific surgical services. The course teaches the candidates how to ensure the health of patients during a crisis.
The Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic online course has been divided into five modules. Each module will consist of didactic content, a recorded lecture, podcast interviews with experts, and a quiz. The course has case studies from the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the Ebola (2014) and SARS-CoV (2003) outbreaks. The course is ideal for those who want to make a career in public health.
The Highlights
- Five-week course
- Recorded lectures
- Self-paced learning
- Weekly discussions
- Transcripts in English
- Three-four hours weekly
- Podcast interviews with experts
- Introductory programme in Medicine
- University of British Columbia programme
Programme Offerings
- Learn for Free
- Recorded lectures
- Transcripts in English
- Case Studies
- Online Course
- quizzes
- Five-Week Course
- Three-four hours weekly
- Weekly Discussions
- Self-paced learning
- Podcast interviews with experts
- University of British Columbia programme
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability |
|---|
| no |
Course | Cost |
Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic | Free |
Note: Kindly note that the candidates can access this course for free. The certification is not mentioned. Please check the website for the latest update.
What you will learn
After completing the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic certification syllabus, learners should be able to:
- Apply pathophysiology and epidemiology principles when making decisions about the provision of surgical care services in a pandemic
- Recognise the infectious organism: infectiousness, Transmission modes, symptomatology, incubation period, etc.
- Create a protocol for the protection of healthcare providers
- Identify the relevant national, international, and local actors responsible for responding to the pandemic
- Plan an approach to generate a surge response to the pandemic, in both low and high resource settings
- Develop processes to mitigate the impact and consequences of the pandemic on surgical systems
- Design pathways to maintain access to certain essential surgical services
- Demonstrate leadership while responding to the pandemic
Who it is for
The Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic online course is ideal for professionals such as:
- Doctor
- Nurse
- Staff Nurse
- Health Officer
- Health Inspector
Admission Details
Step 1: Click on the link below to visit the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic course page on the edX website: https://www.edx.org/learn/continuing-medical-education/university-of-british-columbia-safe-surgical-care-strategies-during-a-pandemic.
Step 2: To proceed to the account creation page, click on the ‘Enroll’ button.
Step 3: Register by linking your existing Google/Microsoft/Facebook/Apple account to edX. Click on ‘Sign in’ and enter your credentials if you are already registered.
Step 4: Follow the instructions on your screen and complete the verification process to start learning.
Application Details
Instead of filling out an application form, all you need to do is create an account on edX, and for that, all the information you need to enter is your full name, email address, and country/region of residence. You also need to create a public username and a password to log in to your edX account.
The Syllabus
- Course Description
- About Us
- Code of Conduct
- Subscribe to the UBCx Newsletter
- Podcasts & Resources
- Quick Links
- Content
- Quiz
- Recorded Lecture
- Expert Podcast
- Discussions
- Content
- Quiz
- Recorded Lecture
- Expert Podcast
- Discussions
- Content
- Quiz
- Recorded Lecture
- Expert Podcast
- Discussions
- Content
- Quiz
- Recorded Lecture
- Expert Podcast
- Discussions
- Content
- Quiz
- Recorded Lecture
- Expert Podcast
- Discussions
Evaluation and Certificate
Instructors
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Yes. You can contact the instructors via email. They are available on an ad hoc basis but may take some time to respond due to clinical care provision responsibilities.
No. The content in each module is available permanently. You can review it in the future if needed.
The discussion sessions will be held weekly.
You may get credit for completing this course. Visit the course page for more information about credit conversion.
The applicability in high versus low resource settings has been discussed wherever relevant. But most of the material reviewed is not exclusive to a particular resource setting.