The online course will be organised 7-11 June 2021. Please find the detailed course schedule below. The schedule may be subject to change under certain circumstances.
Teacher in charge of course is Arshia Amiri, arshia.amiri@jamk.fi.
Course starts daily at:
17:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
16:00 Austrian time (GMT+1)
7:00 California time (GMT-8)
Monday 7 June 2021
17:10 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Opening speech by Tytti Solankallio-Vahteri (Head of Department).
17:30 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Welcoming speech by Sirpa Tuomi (Principle lecturer).
17:45 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Course descriptions and general info about the course i.e. schedule, materials, assignments and evaluations.
18:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Participants introduce themselves.
Lecture and group discussion: Analyzing the economic burden of corona pandemic from macroeconomic perspective.
19:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Conclusion and instruction for the next day.
Tuesday 8 June 2021
Students may participate in the discussion assignment of PART 1 before the lectures in the 2nd day.
17:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Lecture: Financial analysis of COVID-19 patient hospitalization using The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) / University of Washington, COVID-19 Projections data.
19:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Conclusion and instruction for the next day.
Wednesday 8 June 2021
Students may participate in the discussion assignment of PART 1 and writing assignment of PART 2 before the lectures in the 3rd day.
17:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Lecture: Comparative analysis of corona pandemic in cross-national level using IHME, COVID-19 Projections data.
18:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Group discussion about COVID data collections and analyses by students and introducing their findings.
19:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Conclusion and instruction for the next day.
Thursday 10 June 2021
Students may participate in the discussion assignment of PART 1 and writing assignments of PART 2 and 3 before the lectures in the 4th day.
17:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Lecture: Analyzing the optimum number of coronavirus tests from the economic and clinical perspectives in cross-national level using IHME, COVID-19 Projections data.
18:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Lecture and group discussion: Analyzing the rise in economic values of medical staffs due to corona pandemic.
19:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Conclusion and instruction for the next day.
Friday 11 June 2021
Students may participate in the discussion assignment of PART 1 and writing assignments of PART 2, 3 and 4 before the lectures in the last day of intensive week.
17:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Lecture: The COVID-19 pandemic risk communication.
17:30 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Group discussion about the pandemic risk communication and students findings through COVID data analysis.
19:00 Finnish time (GMT+2)
Conclusion and instruction for the rest of assignments (e.g. discussion assignments PART 5 and 6 and essay writing assignment).