Contact Tracing and Pandemic Response

Credits: 8.75 CME, 10.5 Nursing, 8.75 ADA CERP
Credit Fee: Free to view, free to request credit
Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, PAs, Residents, Students, Dentists, Social Workers interested in assisting with contact tracing throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic in West Virginia.

Following completion of this web course, participants should be able to:

Define core principles of contact tracing
Describe skills needed for contact tracing
Discuss basics of infection disease and epidemiology
Relate how COVID-19 disease spreads and how to prevent infection
Explain specific infection control measures to take for patients, caregivers, health and other essential staff
Demonstrate motivational interviewing
Explain the importance of confidentiality in contact tracing
Apply skills to perform contact tracing according to the established protocol