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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Interventions and Calibration is an online certification course aimed at teaching students the approaches for modelling treatments of infectious diseases as well as for modelling vaccinations. The online course is designed to enable students to represent the effects of interventions such as the effects of vaccination in reducing susceptibility. The certification course is offered by Coursera which is a part of the Infectious Disease Modelling Specialisation.

Interventions and Calibration training covers how to model a leaky vaccine and the different types of vaccine and treatment effects. Through this online certification course, students will be able to use the basic SIR model and how to calibrate this model to use data. With the online course, students will be able to identify the relationship between models and real-world epidemiological data. The online course will enable the students to formulate important concepts related to vaccination models and the approach followed in order to handle them in a healthcare business.

The Highlights

Offered by Coursera
Completion Certificate
Intermediate-level online course
10 hours of learning

Programme Offerings

Course Resources
Practical learning and Exercises
Flexible Deadlines

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Imperial College, LondonCoursera

The Interventions and Calibration certification fee is Rs 4,079 per month. However, candidates can complete the course in three and six months by paying Rs 2,720 per month and Rs 2,040 per month, respectively. They can also choose to Audit the course but that would not provide them the final certificate except access to all course readings.

Interventions and Calibration Fee Structure

Course Details	Fee
1 month	Rs 4,079
3 month	Rs 8,159
6 month	Rs 12,239

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

To qualify for the Interventions and Calibration certification by Coursera, candidates are required to complete the full course and the final assessment. They are also required to attain a qualifying passing grade.

What you will learn

The Interventions and Calibration certification syllabus will help students perform the SIR model against time-series data and incorporate vaccination into a SIR model, among others. They will be able to understand the role of mathematical models in accessing the data while modelling vaccination.

Upon completion of the Interventions and Calibration certification course, students will be able to learn about two simple approaches to computer-based model calibration- the least square and the maximum-likelihood approach.

Who it is for

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Interventions and Calibration online course is designed for healthcare professionals such as health officers, health inspectors and healthcare administrators to gain practical understanding when it comes to how to model a leaky vaccine and the different types of treatment effects and vaccines. The online course helps them perform real-life vaccine treatments on patients to strengthen their expertise in the healthcare sector.

Admission Details

To join the Interventions and Calibration classes, candidates need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Browse the official URL

https://www.coursera.org/learn/interventions-and-calibration

Step 2: Click on the option ‘Enrol for Free’

Step 3: Candidates are required to sign up or login on to the official website with a primary email address.

Step 4: Thereafter, candidates are required to pay for the course through the payment gateway. However, they can also choose the Audit option which would not provide them with a final certificate except access to all course readings.

Application Details

To enrol for the Interventions and Calibration training, candidates need to sign up or login on to the official website which asks for their primary email address, name, phone number and location.

The Syllabus

Videos

Welcome to the Course
An Insider's View of IDM
Modelling Curative Treatment
Modelling Vaccination: Leaky Vaccines
Modelling Vaccination: Additional Vaccine Effects

Readings

Welcome to Infectious Disease Modelling
About the Infectious Disease Modelling Team
Glossary
Modelling Infectious Disease Dynamics
Modelling Vaccination: First Steps

Discussion Prompt

Discuss your Interest or Experience in Modelling
Questions so far

Ungraded Labs

Completing Etivities in Jupyter Notebooks
R Reference Guide for IDM
Solving differential equations using ode() in R
Modelling Treatment
Solution: Modelling Treatment
A Separate Compartment for Vaccination
Solution: A separate compartment for vaccination
Modelling a Leaky Vaccine
Solution: Modelling a Leaky Vaccine
Modelling Additional Vaccine Effects
Solution: Modelling Additional Vaccine Effects

Videos

Models and Data: A Brief Detour into the Solar System
Relationships Between Models and Data
Modelling with Insufficient Data
Modelling with Sufficient Data

Ungraded Labs

Manual calibration of an SIR model, Part I
Solution: Manual calibration of an SIR model, Part I
Manual calibration of an SIR model, part II
Solution: Manual Calibration of an SIR Model, Part II

Videos

Computer-based Calibration: The Overall Approach
Introduction to Least-Squares Calibration
Recap: Least-squares Estimation

Ungraded Labs

Writing a sum-of-squares function in R
Solution: Writing a sum-of-squares function in R
Automated least-squares calibration
Solution: Automated least-squares calibration
How Calibrations Inform Policy
Solution: How Calibrations Inform Policy

Videos

The Concept of Likelihood
Constructing a Likelihood Function
To Log or not to Log?
Overview of Model Calibration

Reading

Modelling Project

Quiz

Which is the Correct Code Block?
Modelling outputs

Ungraded Labs

Which is the correct code block?
Performing maximum likelihood estimate
Solution: Performing maximum likelihood estimate
Modelling Project

Instructors

Imperial College, London Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: What is the level of the Interventions and Calibration online course?

The level of this course is intermediate, which comes with pre-recorded videos and access to all course readings.

2: Is there any placement support for the Interventions and Calibration certification course?

Candidates would not be provided with any placement support for this certification course.

3: Would I have access to the Interventions and Calibration online course resources if applied through Audit mode?

Candidates will have access to the course resources if applied through the Audit option.

4: Is there any scholarship available for the Interventions and Calibration training?

Candidates can apply for the financial aid option available on the official website of Coursera.

5: When is the Interventions and Calibration certification course available on Coursera?

This online course is already available on Coursera. Candidates have to sign up or log in to the official website and complete the requisite actions to join this course.