UNMC and its primary clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine, are sharing Ebola patient care and treatment best practices with hospital staff around the world through online education courses.
The biocontainment unit team also will hold sessions – in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) and Emory University – to train staff in more than 30 U.S. hospitals that have been designated as Ebola treatment centers.
COCA serves a wide range of clinical professionals, including physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, paramedics, veterinarians, epidemiologists, public health practitioners, and state and local health department officials.
The medical center's free online Ebola education courses are available through iTunes, as well as Moodle and the UNMC/ Nebraska Medicine websites. The downloadable courses provide easy-to-understand instruction and resources for health care professionals and the general public.
"The protocols and procedures we have refined here at UNMC and Nebraska Medicine are helping to keep health care workers safe nationwide while dealing with potential and diagnosed Ebola cases," said Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., chancellor of UNMC and chairman of the Nebraska Medicine advisory board. "We want to share our expertise with the world."
The two courses, The Nebraska Ebola Method for Clinicians and The Nebraska Ebola Method for General Public, provide instruction and information through videos and printable documents.
New content is continually added as more information becomes relevant and available. Continuing education credit is available.
A series of webinars on best practices offered to Nebraska clinicians are archived at www.unmc.edu/ebola.
iTunes U is the world's largest online catalog of free educational content from top schools and prominent organizations.
Moodle.org is an open-source e-learning platform with about 65 million users worldwide.
Links to these courses: iTunes U app | Moodle