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CourseraCOVID-19 Contact Tracing
4.9(95,324)1.4M studentsBEGINNEREnglish
Korshub's take
Korshub Take
COVID-19 Contact Tracing was built to meet a real, urgent need — training people quickly for a role that suddenly mattered at scale. It's an introductory course, deliberately accessible, covering the science of SARS-CoV-2 alongside the interpersonal skills contact tracing actually requires.
Set at a beginner level, it doesn't assume a healthcare background. Instead it pairs public-health fundamentals like epidemiology and infection control with soft skills — interviewing, rapport building, and active listening — that make a contact-tracing conversation actually work.
Key takeaways
- Core epidemiology and infectious-disease concepts
- Patient communication and interviewing techniques
- Public health ethics and disease-prevention practices
With over 1.4 million learners enrolled, this is one of the most widely taken courses in the catalog — a genuinely useful credential for anyone in community health or public-facing health roles.
About this course
The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for contact tracing positions differ throughout the country and the world, with some new positions open to individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.
In this introductory course, students will learn about the science of SARS-CoV-2 , including the infectious period, the clinical presentation of COVID-19, and th
Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Infection Control, Rapport Building, Patient Communication, Interpersonal Communications, Active Listening, Epidemiology, Healthcare Ethics, Community Outreach, Infectious Diseases, Investigation, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Microbiology, Health Technology.
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