Course Overview
If you have ever been involved in an emergency response, you know how complex it can be to organise all the moving parts and stakeholders into strong, cohesive groups. Communication and coordination is a key part of every successful response. Yet not everyone knows communication and coordination best practices. Not everyone knows the nuts and bolts of the Incident Command System. And not everyone knows how to identify and map relevant stakeholders in an emergency.
In this course, "Communication and Coordination," you'll learn all about these topics and more.
Competency in communication and coordination is a priority for public health emergency response managers at country-level and for pandemic prevention and management in the entire ECOWAS region. This course will teach you about communication and coordination as a tool necessary for effective response to epidemic and pandemic emergencies.
It is designed to help build the communications and coordination capacity among senior government officials, NGO management, and leaders from regional agencies and entities.
Enroll today and start on the path to public health emergency communication and coordination excellence!
Key Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
Identify and map relevant stakeholders in an emergency response;
Perform communication and coordination activities within the Incident Command System (ICS) for public health emergency events.
Course Format
Phase 1: Online, self-paced course, with peer interaction and limited facilitator involvement
Phase 2: On-site workshop component onsite at IRSP
Phase 3: Capstone project
Duration
Phase 1:
A minimum of 12 hours online learnings, to complete pre-workshop reading, research and activities. More time is permitted for participants interested in further studies, educational advancement, and superior achievement.
Phase 2:
13.5 hours face-to-face workshop. The successful completion of the online Phase 1 component is considered an advantage in criteria for acceptance into the workshop sessions.
Pre-requisites
Required
Practitioner in a health or emergency-related sector.
Serve in a management position or play a coordination role in your organisation
Recommended
Experience or knowledge of health systems and epidemic outbreaks
Experience in disaster management
Planning to lead in public health emergency management
Technical Requirements
Internet Access (some material can be downloaded for offline viewing)
Smartphone, Laptop or Desktop
Modern Internet Browser - Chrome, Firefox preferred
Software to view .mp4 Video files
Software to listen to .mp3 Audio files