COVID-19 CASE INVESTIGATOR 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 case investigators. 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, case investigators are those who interview confirmed and probable COVID-19 patients and gather information on their recent close contacts.
Overall Training Goal: After completing all training below, learners should be able to conduct basic case investigation according to an established protocol. If seeking a sample training plan, trainings, and resources for contact tracers, please refer to the contact tracer training plan here.
Target Audience: Public health employees, volunteers or others with little or no public health disease control experience conducting case investigation.
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