COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING TRAINING: Guidance, Resources, And Sample Training Plan
Background: This document contains a sample training plan including training topics that may be helpful for state and local public health jurisdictions to consider when designing their own training plan for COVID-19 contact tracers. Each heading represents the learning objective for that section. Suggested training modalities/formats are provided, as well as information about sample existing trainings and resources. This document may be updated as new resources become available. For the purposes of this document, contact tracers are those who notify close contacts of COVID-19 patients of their exposures.
Overall Training Goal: After completing all training below, learners should be able to conduct contact tracing according to the established protocol. If seeking a sample training plan, trainings, and resources for case investigators, please refer to the case investigator training plan here.
Target Audience: Community health workers or volunteers with little or no experience conducting contact tracing. Content describing non-CDC tools on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to indicate endorsement, actual or implied, of the tools. Additionally, information on this site is provided “as is,” for users to evaluate and make
their own determination as to their effectiveness.
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