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Table 2 What was presented at the educational sessions

From: An educational programme for nursing college staff and students during a MERS- coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia

 

Students and faculty (English)

Support staff (English and Arabic)

Intern students (English)

What is an epidemic?

Included

Included

Included

What we know and what we are unsure of

Included

Included at a basic level

Included

Signs and symptoms of MERS-CoV

Included

Included

Included

Response from the Ministry of Health to the epidemic

Included

Included

Included

How does the epidemic change how we act as a university community?

Included

Not included

Included

What does epidemic mean for nurses?

Included

Not included

Included

Standard precautions

Included

Not included

Included at an advanced level

Lessons learned from other epidemics

Included

Included

Included

Patient and population profiles

Included

Included at a basic level

Included at an advanced level

Where to access further data (websites, call centers, MERS-CoV committee members)

Included

Included

Included

Response of the Ministry of Health to recent increase in cases of MERS- CoV

Included

Included

Included

Recommendations as to how to act in the hospital setting

Included at a basic level

Not included

Included at an advanced level