Yonsei Medical Center Provides Remote Training to COVID-19 Medical Staff Worldwide

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Hyun-ui] Yonsei Medical Center announced on the 22nd that it will provide non-face-to-face education to medical personnel from over 100 countries who are facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Development Center of Yonsei Medical Center has been conducting video educational material development and non-face-to-face expert consulting since the 19th in cooperation with KOICA to strengthen the response to COVID-19 and the capabilities of medical staff in developing countries.

The education is provided to medical personnel from over 100 countries supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and KOICA with quarantine supplies such as diagnostic kits and masks. The educational content includes ▲personal protective equipment usage, ▲infection control, ▲emergency room safety management, ▲specimen collection and transport, ▲COVID-19 diagnostic testing, and ▲clinical features and treatment of COVID-19.

The educational videos will be available on the COVID-19 Information Hub, the YouTube channel ‘KOICA-YONSEI: COVID-19 Program’, and the Facebook page ‘KOICA-Yonsei: Covid-19 Program’. Supported languages for the videos are English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

The International Development Center of Yonsei Medical Center plans to provide expert answers to inquiries through SNS channels and conduct infectious disease consulting depending on the situation.

Kim Moon-kyu, director of the International Development Center at Yonsei Medical Center, said, “Although there is an increasing amount of COVID-19 related materials, there is still a lack of materials tailored to the situations of developing countries,” and added, “We will establish a communication system to closely interact with countries receiving aid in cooperation with KOICA.”

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