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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
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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

Knowledge of epidemiology

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

Health InspectorNurseHealth Officer

The Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic online course is ideal for professionals such as:

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/course/surgical-care-protocols-for-covid-19-patients.

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

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Evaluation and Certificate

Instructors

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Can I make contact with my teacher if I have doubts?

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.

2: Can I review each module only once for the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic online course?

No. The content in each module is available permanently. You can review it in the future if needed.

3: How often will discussion sessions be held for the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic training course?

The discussion sessions will be held weekly.

4: Will I get credit for completing the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic certification?

You may get credit for completing this course. Visit the course page for more information about credit conversion.

5: Is the Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic certification course content based on a particular resource setting?

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.