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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Outbreaks and Epidemics by Johns Hopkins University

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About the Course

Professional epidemiologists are often called on to investigate outbreaks and epidemics. This course serves as an introduction to the essentials of investigation, identifying pathogens, figuring out what's going on, reporting, and responding. You'll learn how to ask precise epidemiologic questions and apply epidemiologic tools to uncover the answers. You'll also learn about basic epidemic dynamics and the terrible law that cause them to grow, as well as the reasons why they recede and eventually go away. The course concludes with deep dives into some real outbreaks from Ebola, in West Africa, to the opioid epidemic in the United States....

Top reviews

SS

Jun 11, 2020

Its a really interesting course. Explains the very minute details regarding the outbreak and epidemics. It has helped me a lot to understand all the key concepts of Epidemics and Outbreak.

NS

Jun 26, 2020

It's really nice and interesting course regarding outbreak and Epidemic that covers most of the minute point in easy way. It's good for everyone irrespective of there Academic background.

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By Moahloli M

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Dec 27, 2023

The best

By Daramola T J

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Feb 15, 2023

great

By Gregory O

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May 23, 2022

By George K

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May 12, 2020

I think the course would benefit from a more interactive approach - like mini quizes during the videos with multiple choice so the learners can retain and use the information they have seen immediatelly.

By Peter P

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Mar 22, 2020

Frustrated by the technology, submissions were later retracted, watch videos were marked as unread.

By Mona S

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Apr 28, 2021

The material can be a lot improved. It is boring to hear voice and look at text slides for hours.

By Libby

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May 18, 2020

Instructor doesn't review assignments- and never comments on forums.

By Sultan-Al N H

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May 29, 2020

great course

By Renaud V

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May 24, 2021

I studied this course as part of the specialization "Epidemiology in Public Health Practice", which accumulates 5 courses like this one.

After final validation and many hours of study, the final certificate for the specialization states that I worked an estimated "4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week", which is the same amount of time stated for a single course, such as "Essential Epidemiologic Tools for Public Health Practice".

This is frustrating and people may not want to add this specialization to their Curriculum Vitae. Amount of time spent is not real.