Global Infodemic Management Course for Healthcare Workers
The course is aimed to equip healthcare workers worldwide with key approaches and tools to help them address misinformation about health
Get Trained
By the end of this course, you should be able to understand and address health misinformation with key tools and approaches of infodemic management
Empower Others
Develop a framework using the online verification and content moderating strategies applied in the course that can be used to advance your organization and career
Collaborate Worldwide
Be part of a robust global health fact-checking and infodemic management community helping to strengthen local, regional and global response to misinformation
Global Infodemic Management Course
for Healthcare Workers
Global Infodemic Management Course for Healthcare Workers
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The training consists of six modules and each module is an on-demand video of 10 to 12 minutes. The on-demand video has a single anchor for training consistency. The training modules are developed in English and have subtitles in Portuguese and Spanish
Each module is 10-12 minutes long
Eligibility Criteria:Besides the healthcare professionals the course is open to anyone interested in infodemic management in public health. The course is free of cost. Participants need to Register here:
Module 1
The Misinformation
Ecosystem
What are the key information literacy and infodemic management competencies
Module 2
Deciphering Health
Misinformation
How to decide what is a trustworthy and credible online source
Module 3
Addressing Health
Misinformation
Best practices to protect healthcare workers and patients from misinformation
Module 4
Understanding Human
Biases
How can healthcare workers check their own biases and be fact-warriors
Module 5
Health Information
Diet
Hear expert advice on how to protect patients from misinformation
Module 6
Infodemic Intervention
Toolbox
Key tools and approaches to verify
information
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented challenge to the public health domain. It has not only led to the spread of the virus globally, but also resulted in the proliferation of misinformation in the form of “Infodemic''. With the upsurge of false and misleading information the healthcare workers and professionals have been confronted with daunting challenges. Health misinformation has serious consequences for society as it leads to undesirable and risk-taking behaviours. It erodes trust in the public healthcare system, leads people to fall for false preventive measures, encourages them to try unsubstantiated and unscientific therapies – all of which could lead them to harm and put their lives at risk. There is a critical and impending need to make collaborative efforts to overcome these risks. Read More
MEMBERS OF THE CURRICULUM ADVISORY COUNCIL
Dr. Gagandeep Kang
Renowned Microbiologist and Virologist, Professor at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Dr. Chris Zielinski
Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK
Dr. Altaf Lal
President of Global Health and Pharmaceuticals Consulting Inc, USA
Paula Fray
Veteran Journalist, Editor, South Africa
Dr. Anna Blakney
Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories and School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC, Canada
Dr. Gemma Bowsher,
Social Scientist at the Centre for Conflict and Health Research, King’s College London
Gagandeep Kang
Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College (CMC) in Vellore, India
Chris Zielinski
Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester
Altaf Lal
President of Global Health and Pharmaceuticals Consulting Inc, USA
Paula Fray
Journalist, Editor, Trainer and Media manager in South Africa
Dr. Anna Blakney
Assistant Professor, Michael Smith Laboratories and School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC
Dr. Gemma Bowsher,
Social Scientist at the Centre for Conflict and Health Research, King’s College LondonWhy is it important for healthcare community to fight health misinformation?
Dr. Anna Blakney
"If you think back to early 2020, very few scientists knew what an RNA vaccine was, and now billions of people have gotten them. It's no wonder that people have a lot of questions, and the healthcare community is responsible for getting the correct information out there"
Dr. Gemma Bowsher
"Healthcare communities must fight health misinformation because trusted and truthful information is the universal frontline of effective public health delivery."
Dr. Altaf Lal
“Misinformation on burden and incidence of diseases places individuals and communities in harms way. It does not allow policy makers, physicians, hospitals, and government officials prepare to meet the threats and dangers in an effective and timely manner.”
Dr. Chris Zielinski
"Health is an information-intensive sector: healthcare is based on extensive data collection, information management and knowledge utilization at all levels. Knowledge is the enemy of disease. The application of what we know has a bigger impact than any drug or technology. Consequently, bad information can only cause and amplify bad health"