{"id":20738,"date":"2020-07-14T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T19:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=20738"},"modified":"2020-07-14T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T19:23:19","slug":"miami-dade-college-offers-free-virtual-contact-tracing-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/miami-dade-college-offers-free-virtual-contact-tracing-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dade College Offering Free Virtual Contact Tracing Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public health officials have often lauded contact tracing as an integral weapon in the fight against the coronavirus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact tracers interview people with infectious diseases and identify anyone they may have been in contact with in hopes of slowing the spread<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/daily-life-coping\/contact-tracing.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need for qualified contact tracers has intensified as cases of COVID-19 in Florida surpassed 282,000 in recent days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To fill the void, Miami Dade College is offering a free four-hour contact tracing certification class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The virtual course\u2014 MDC PROTECTS (PROactive Training and Education for Contact Tracing and Support\u2014paid for by the MDC Foundation launched on May 28.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A class scheduled for July 18 that accommodates 70 students was recently filled, and a session in Spanish will take place on Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. Additional classes might be added in September.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur knowledge of the population in South Florida, coupled with the expertise of our faculty, has produced a program rich in content and role-playing exercises that prepare completers to effectively face the challenges of contact tracing for COVID-19,\u201d said Vice Provost for Academic Schools Oscar Loynaz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 100 students have taken the class since it was developed at the request of Executive Vice President and Provost Lenore Rodicio in May, Loynaz said. Contact tracers can earn between $17-22 in Miami, according to <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/karier.co\/job\/contact-tracer-kvX\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KariER.co<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think it allows our students to be more employable and say: \u2018I have this on my resume, I&#8217;ve done contact tracing. I&#8217;ve done other things,\u2019\u201d said Medical Campus President Bryan Stewart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Medical Campus professors\u2014Dadilia Garces Mejia, Marta Lopez and Donna Fishkin\u2014designed the curriculum to launch the class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course is divided into three sections\u2014what the virus is, how to be an effective contact tracer and ends with a series of simulations to help students grasp the information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first part gives an overview of the virus: how people contract it, how it attacks the body and its symptoms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lopez then goes over the Florida Department of Health\u2019s contact tracing guidelines for tracking cases, and contacting people that are or may be infected.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe more contact tracing we have, the more we can get this under control,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cBecause once a person knows [what to do] when they come into contact with someone who is sick and they&#8217;re educated, then we can really put a stop to this virus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final step features the professors guiding students through two role-playing activities to teach them how to manage cooperative and uncooperative patients.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDC is developing plans with CareerSource South Florida\u2014an employment search tool\u2014to find jobs for students who have completed the class. 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