e-Bug Health Educator Training

Online Course

BSAC

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e-Bug Health Educator Training

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What is the course about?

e-Bug Health Educator Training

The course e-Bug Health Educator Training is an online class provided by BSAC through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Improve your ability to teach children and young people how to prevent the spread of infection and to use antibiotics responsibly.

Course description

Learn how to use the e-Bug teaching resource
3 weeks

This course was developed by PHE and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) for teachers/educators, and others who work with children or young people. Use this course to learn more about important health topics and increase your knowledge, skills and confidence in using e-Bug resources, which tie into efforts to reduce the spread of infections and antibiotic resistance in the UK.

Week 1: Introduction to microbes, hand hygiene, and respiratory hygiene
Week 2: Food hygiene and oral hygiene
Week 3: Antimicrobial resistance

Primary and secondary school educators, as well as those who lead community groups targeting children and young people. This course is designed for child educators in different settings around the UK, but may be appropriate for other countries and settings. Parents who are home educating might find this course useful if they would like to learn how to teach children about the prevention and spread of infection and caring for themselves and others when ill.
The course might also be of interest to healthcare professionals who work with children, for example, school nurses. Local authority or government officials involved in the management of infections and improving antibiotic use within communities, might also find this course useful.

BSAC
Founded in 1971, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy exists to facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in the field of antimicrobial chemotherapy.
Public Health England
We exist to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. We do this through world-leading research, knowledge and intelligence, advocacy, partnerships and providing specialist public health services.

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Prerequisites & Facts

e-Bug Health Educator Training

Course Topic

Disease Outbreak Prevention, Healthcare & Medicine, Primary Education Teaching, Professional Development for Teachers, Secondary Education Teaching, Teaching

University, College, Institution

BSAC

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

e-Bug Health Educator Training

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / BSAC you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.

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e-Bug Health Educator Training

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