Infectious Disease Case Investigator

Catalog description

Students will learn the primary protocols of infectious disease case investigation for COVID-19. Topics will include: the primary steps for case investigation (ie. identification, prioritization, notification of results, interviewing, follow-up and next steps) and skills and qualities necessary for case investigators. Students will gain hands-on skills and training for interview contacts, explaining confidentiality to contacts, completing health risk assessment, self-isolation tools and supports assessment, contact elicitation, and protocols for investigation under varying scenarios. Students will be trained on confidentiality and privacy requirements, documenting calls, working with non-English speaking contacts, working with contacts that have communication impairments, providing follow-up resources, field investigations, and insights shared from case investigators in the field.