Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce
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 cur...
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| author | Shayanne Martin Anika Kalra Alisa Jenny Andrew D. Maher Allison Foreman Alejandro Chavez Jayne Gagliano Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Debbie Bain Brickley |
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| description | 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 development activities, asynchronous materials, and one-on-one contact tracer support. We collected more than 700 responses from trainees using various evaluation tools across the training phases, and contact tracers interviewed more than 24,000 contacts after training in our program. Our evaluations showed that knowledge and skills improved for most trainees and demonstrated the utility of the training program in preparing trainees to perform person-centered contact tracing in San Francisco. Local health jurisdictions and state health agencies can use this model of curriculum development and evaluation to rapidly train a non-public health workforce to respond to future public health emergencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03f64b8aeea74b37a44446018eff6e152023-06-30T11:42:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-06-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11259271125927Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforceShayanne Martin0Anika Kalra1Alisa Jenny2Andrew D. Maher3Allison Foreman4Alejandro Chavez5Jayne Gagliano6Michael J. A. Reid7Michael J. A. Reid8Michael J. A. Reid9Michael J. A. Reid10Debbie Bain Brickley11Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSchool of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesSchool of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDepartment of Public Health, COVID-19 Command Center, San Francisco, CA, United StatesInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSchool of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesInstitute for Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe 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 development activities, asynchronous materials, and one-on-one contact tracer support. We collected more than 700 responses from trainees using various evaluation tools across the training phases, and contact tracers interviewed more than 24,000 contacts after training in our program. Our evaluations showed that knowledge and skills improved for most trainees and demonstrated the utility of the training program in preparing trainees to perform person-centered contact tracing in San Francisco. Local health jurisdictions and state health agencies can use this model of curriculum development and evaluation to rapidly train a non-public health workforce to respond to future public health emergencies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1125927/fullpublic health trainingCOVID-19contact tracingcurriculum developmenttraining evaluationparticipatory learning |
| spellingShingle | Shayanne Martin Anika Kalra Alisa Jenny Andrew D. Maher Allison Foreman Alejandro Chavez Jayne Gagliano Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Michael J. A. Reid Debbie Bain Brickley Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce Frontiers in Public Health public health training COVID-19 contact tracing curriculum development training evaluation participatory learning |
| title | Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| title_full | Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| title_fullStr | Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| title_short | Rapid and sustained contact tracing training for COVID-19 in San Francisco: a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| title_sort | rapid and sustained contact tracing training for covid 19 in san francisco a training model for developing an emergency public health workforce |
| topic | public health training COVID-19 contact tracing curriculum development training evaluation participatory learning |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1125927/full |
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