SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Thieme provides relevant specialist information free of charge
18.03.2020 15:10
SARS-CoV-2 poses enormous challenges for our entire society - but especially for people who work in the healthcare sector! In order to provide you with the best possible support, the Thieme Group bundles the relevant content available within the company at www.thieme.de/corona. This includes, among other things, well-founded patient information including a symptom checker, an online course on COVID-19, relevant content from Thieme specialist magazines and books as well as current statements from various specialist societies. All offers are free of charge.
Thieme Compliance, Germany's leading provider of patient information, provides a compact information portal about the novel coronavirus. This is aimed at specialists as well as laypeople who are looking for well-founded information. With a symptom checker, patients can check whether they should contact their family doctor or the on-call service. In addition, the information portal provides information about the risks of infection, methods of prevention, provides information about the background to the disease and provides an overview of current therapeutic approaches. A collection of links brings together reliable sources of information for patients.
Thieme's cooperation partner Area9 Lyceum has developed an online course especially for medical professionals and laboratory specialists. This provides important knowledge about the origin of the disease COVID-19, prevention, transmission routes and symptoms. The offer uses adaptive learning algorithms that enable rapid learning success.
An editorial team has compiled all relevant content from existing Thieme offerings - including current articles from Thieme specialist magazines and books on personal protective equipment, hand hygiene, infection prevention and others. The magazine “kma Klinik Management aktuell” also brings together news and background information that is particularly relevant for decision-makers in hospitals. Statements from various specialist societies supplement the information available.