Upon completion of this Mayo Clinic Talks Podcast miniseries, learners should be able to:

• Recall how to respond when a patient presents with febrile respiratory illness
• Summarize the significance of epidemiologic statistics in understanding the severity of the 2019-nCoV outbreak
• Recall similarities and differences between Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS),  Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and 2019-nCoV
• Recall significant differences between 2019-nCoV, MERS, and SARS
• Recall the importance of respiratory precautions and high consequence infectious disease protocols
• Recall the difference between endemic infections, outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics
• Recall the recommendations for the collection of laboratory specimens of suspected 2019-nCoV cases
• Recall what health care providers should be doing to prepare for COVID-19
• Recall the factors that lead infectious outbreaks to develop into pandemics
• Recall the impact pandemics can have on supply chain management in healthcare
• Recall potential influences leading to the differing severity and mortality rates as COVID-19 moves from country to country
• Recall longevity of a typical immune response to circulating seasonal coronaviruses
• Recall opportunities created from the rapid availability of genetic information about SARS-CoV-2
• Recall the process of vaccine development in the United States
• Recall the role of systems biology in Immunomics, Vaccinomics, and Adversomics

Participation in this Mayo Clinic online course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.