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Johns Hopkins University

Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing

This course aims to provide managers and developers of contact tracing programs guidance on the most important indicators of performance of a contact tracing program, and a tool that can be used to project the likely impact of improvements in specific indicators. Students who complete the course will be proficient in using the Contact Tracing Evaluation and Strategic Support Application (ConTESSA) to estimate the impact of their contact tracing program on transmission and strategizing about how to increase their program’s impact. A secondary audience for the course will be decision makers interested in knowing more about the characteristics of effective contact tracing programs, and strategies to improve. The course is designed for individuals who are already leading contact tracing programs who have significant experience with epidemiology and public health. We strongly recommend completing this course on a laptop or a desktop rather than a phone as you’ll need to complete worksheets and open the course and the application simultaneously.

Status: Model Evaluation
Status: Performance Testing
AdvancedCourse3 hours

Featured reviews

PS

5.0Reviewed Aug 31, 2020

The course was very informative. ConTESSA is a useful app that would make contact tracing effective. I am looking forward to using it in the future, if given the chance,

AA

5.0Reviewed Nov 4, 2020

From whichever nook and cranny of the Shire, R0 will < 1! Although it is 'just an app' it has some solid evidence and system backing it up, which is being taught in a comprehensible way.

LN

5.0Reviewed Nov 4, 2020

Course was kind of hard I had to put my thinking cap on when it came to the math part. You’ll definitely need pen and paper to answer some of the quiz question. The course was great

JB

4.0Reviewed Aug 6, 2020

I found much of this hard to understand. Watched all videos twice. I understand how to enter the data but struggled in the questions that asked to interpret the data.

BO

4.0Reviewed Aug 24, 2024

Great course! The teaching was great and I learned a lot about contact tracing for public health. It would be awesome if the instructors held office hours for more in depth questions.

SR

5.0Reviewed Oct 28, 2020

This course is really informative and helps in understanding the statistical approach of contact tracing. The practical approach allows proper understanding and data entry method.

RB

5.0Reviewed Sep 18, 2020

Thank you very much for the wonderful ideas on how to stop or solve the spread of COVID 19 to the community and from infecting people around. Thanks a lot, ma'am and sir

DJ

4.0Reviewed Aug 25, 2020

The way they explain each module was really clear. Keep it up! And just a little more further explanation for the module about assumptions and advanced options. That's all ^_^ Thank you very much.

PW

5.0Reviewed Aug 2, 2020

Really solid course and gets right to the point of teaching you how to use the tool. Hopefully this will help COVID19 reporting improve. Thank you for offering this!

OW

4.0Reviewed Aug 9, 2020

The course was informative but difficult. I could not save the .yaml files directly and had to find a way to get to them when I needed to reload them. It was not easy.

CC

5.0Reviewed Nov 17, 2020

I found the information to be challenging but the instructors were great. It did take a few review times to master the material but I think it made for a stronger working knowledge in the end.

MS

5.0Reviewed Aug 4, 2020

Excellent course. Makes student aware of Measuring and Maximizing Impact of COVID-19 Contact Tracing, concluding initial knowledge of 1st contact tracing course.

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