Management and Facilitation of a Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) Online Course

• Open WHO IAR Online Learning

Overview: The Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) is a facilitated process that brings together COVID-19 responders from multiple sectors for experience sharing and collective learning, and it has been modelled after the WHO After Action Review (AAR) methodology. This course provides a general introduction to the management and the facilitation of an IAR during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic through presentations, quizzes and an assessment at the end of the course to test the knowledge acquired. It targets any individuals or entities involved in the preparedness of and response to the COVID-19 outbreak at the national or subnational levels, including but not limited to Government officials, WHO staff, public health professionals, communities and partners.

Learning objectives: By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Explain the context and the purpose of a Country COVID-19 IAR.
• Describe the general flow of the Country COVID-19 IAR process.
• Describe the resources available for conducting an IAR, when to use them, and where to find them.
• Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of the IAR lead coordinator, facilitators, moderator, note-takers and report writer, IT support, and participants in the IAR process and describe the techniques for participatory facilitation and tips for online facilitation.

Please note that an audio is available for this course.