Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce.

ABSTRACT: The City and County of San Francisco was the first municipality in the United States to institute a COVID-19 contact tracing program. The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) created an outcome-based fully remote contact tracing curriculum using participatory learning methods to train non-public health emergency workers as contact tracers. Between April and December 2020, we trained over 300 individuals in contact tracing skills and procedures over three training phases. Using iterative curriculum design and Kirkpatrick's evaluation methodology, we aimed to ensure high quality and successful person-centered contact tracing. The resulting curriculum consisted of 24 learning outcomes taught with six participatory skills deve

SUBMITTER: Martin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10347383 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature