As Internet technology has evolved, global health practitioners have taken advantage of it to complement in-person healthcare training. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, nearly all training programs went fully remote overnight – a dramatic shift that is unlikely to roll back much given the tremendous distances involved in global health.

IGHS was in the thick of virtual training efforts during the early days of the pandemic, partnering with San Francisco and the state to train contact tracers and case investigators. Train, evaluate, modify; train, evaluate, modify: This is how the group gradually honed its craft. Participant feedback surveys made it abundantly clear that adult learners need online trainings to be engaging and effective, without technological glitches.

That’s not easy to achieve, as anyone who has ever taken an online course will know.

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