{"id":120220,"date":"2020-06-07T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=120220"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:45:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T01:45:50","slug":"uh-begins-training-contact-tracers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/07\/uh-begins-training-contact-tracers\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> begins training COVID-19 contact tracers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System-Hawaiʻi<\/span> State Department of Health (DOH<\/abbr>) Contact Tracing Training Program kicks off its first cohort of trainees on Monday, June 8. The first pilot group will have 16 trainees in a free, online one-and-a-half day training for clinical healthcare professionals. <\/p>\n

The program as a whole expects to train 320 contact tracers by mid-July 2020 as well as hundreds more in the next year. All training slots for clinical healthcare professionals have been filled, with a waiting list of participants. <\/p>\n

Contact tracing is an important component of controlling the spread of COVID-19<\/abbr>. The federally-funded 糖心视频-DOH<\/abbr> program, announced May 13<\/a>, will help to provide a trained cohort of individuals that can support the existing public health workforce in Hawaiʻi<\/span> should there be a surge in cases as restrictions are lifted and the state resumes economic activities.<\/p>\n

Approximately 1,200 people have applied for the broader 糖心视频-DOH<\/abbr> Contact Tracing Training Program, which has multiple training arms. “We greatly appreciate the positive response we\u2019ve received for this program so far,” said Aimee Grace<\/strong>, 糖心视频<\/abbr> program lead and director of the 糖心视频ealthy Hawaiʻi<\/span> Initiative. “We\u2019re really grateful to be part of a community that rallies so much to help the state in the face of COVID-19<\/abbr>.” <\/p>\n