Skills you'll gain

There are 9 modules in this course

In this course you will cover the fundamental knowledge any health professional should have with expected or confirmed cases or a general interest in the Ebola disease. You will discuss the epidemiology of the disease, its pathophysiology and transmission, the clinical presentation including differential diagnosis and confirmation of disease. You will also discuss the general therapeutic approach to the care of Ebola suspected or confirmed patients and discuss the novel vaccine and drug developments. As the Ebola crisis continues to rage through the affected areas, we need health professionals like yourself to be informed and involved. This course is developed in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Amsterdam, the University Medical Center Utrecht (Julius Center/Julius Global Health), Elevate Health, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Lion Heart Foundation.

Epidemiology

Transmission and natural reservoirs

Pathophysiology

Clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnosis

Therapeutic approaches

Ebola in the field: The Médecins Sans Frontières experience

Ebola in the field: confronted with Ebola in an existing hospital of the Lion Heart Foundation in Sierra Leone

Final assignment and survey