Ebola Response Strategy Journey A

About the Course

This learning journey is addressed to the staff who are involved in all aspects of an Ebola response strategy. It will give you an understanding of the disease, response strategy and staff health support needed to respond effectively to an Ebola outbreak.


TARGET AUDIENCE

It targets:

  • Coordinators: Head of missions, Medical Coordinators, Project Coordinators and Project Medical Referents
  • Nurses, Doctors, Midwives, psychologists
  • Health promoters
  • Logisticians
  • Watsan staff
  • HQ staff from Medical, Operations and Logistics departments


DURATION  

It should take 1h45 minutes to complete Journey A. You can take it as your own pace. The course is divided into small bite sized e-Learning modules ranging from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this journey, you will be able to:

  • Identify the symptoms of Ebola
  • Differentiate between alert, contact, suspected, probable and confirmed cases
  • Explain how to cut the chain of transmission
  • List the various elements of the response strategy
  • Describe the role of each pillar in the disease transmission pattern
  • Explain the relationship between the seven pillars guiding an Ebola response
  • Construct the standard staff health circuit in a mission    
  • Define stress     
  • Illustrate the specific stress factors caused by the Ebola situation   
  • Define behaviours that can help reduce stress


LIST OF CONTENTS

  • Characteristics of the disease (symptoms and case definitions)
  • The 3 Priorities of an Ebola response
  • Definition of community and community engagement
  • The 7 pillars of an Ebola response strategy
  • Staff health resource person in an Ebola response
  • Stress factors linked to Ebola and behaviours that can help reduce stress

METHODOLOGY

  • Through this course, you be immersed in a story which spans across three episodes
  • You will interact with a combination of multimedia materials (videos, audio, text, animations, infographics etc.)
  • The course also encourages your self-reflection. You will be exposed to thought-provoking sequences and be provided with a learning booklet to write down your personal reflection and help you track your learning progress


EVALUATION

The course includes short quizzes to test your knowledge.


CERTIFICATION

Upon course completion, you will receive a certificate and a digital badge awarded by MSF OCG.


REQUIREMENTS/PREREQUISITES

You are strongly encouraged to take the Introduction to Ebola course (Ebola level 1) before this course.


ENROLMENT

You will need to use the enrolment key provided on the Ebola Response Strategy Hub to register to Ebola Response strategy Journey A.


RELEASE & UPDATE

This course was released for the first time in March 2023.


TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

  • The course can be completed on a computer or a laptop