Courses

Our e-learning courses on social work, drugs and harm reduction:

Introduction to the SOLID Project 2020-2024

Ingo Michels explains the details of the Solid-Exceed project, outlining the activities that will take place between 2020 and 2024, and focusing on the four goals of the project:

  1. German universities have acquired expertise in development cooperation
  2. Development-relevant networks are established with the involvement of non-university actors   
  3. Research priorities based on the 2030 UN-Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals have been established at the participating universities   
  4. Graduates are adequately integrated into the job market
6 activities 47m 20s of videos

Prison Health: an insight into healthcare for marginalised persons - the example of drug users in prisons

Lectures delivered by Heino Stöver on Monday, 26 October, as part of the SOLID October School 2020

In the 8-part video lecture series Heino Stöver provides insights into the healthcare for marginalised persons, using and example of drug users in prisons. Incarcerated people are often denied the basic medical care that is generally available to people in the civic society. Harm reduction interventions available in society are often unavailable or very restricted in prison settings. Prof. Stöver starts with providing an international picture of the issue, presents recent evidence from European studies, and discusses in detail specific interventions: opioid substitution treatment, needle exchange programs, and condom programs to reduce sexual risks. In the final sections he discusses post-release mortality and overdose prevention programs.


9 activities 01h 20m 05s of videos 17 minutes of reading

Basic Knowledge about Infectious Diseases

The course provides a useful introduction to themes related to the transmission of infections for anyone working with people affected by or at risk of infections deseases. This might included people who work in homelessness, communnity services, harm reduction, alcohol and other drugs, non-clinical health services and youth services. 

This course provide general information and is not designed for health professionals. This course is available  to all and the content is not for clinical practice and is not to be considered medical advice. 

When you study our course you'll gain a general introduction to infectious diseases and sexually transmitted diseases. This course is divided into two parts. In part one you'll learn about signs and symptoms: the flu, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS. In part two you'll learn about sign and symptoms: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, genital warts, genital herpes, Trichomonas Vaginalis and  Syphilis. We also explain how works pre- and post-test counselling.

This course is designed for anyone interested in learning about infectious diseases and sexually transmitted diseases. This course takes approximately 40-50 minutes to complete. Each part consists of materials to read or watch, and ends with a short quiz to check your knowledge.

22 activities 12m 10s of videos 34 minutes of reading

Solid Summer School 2023
20 activities

International Forum of Social Workers of Kazakhstan, May 2022

10 activities 25m 13s of videos

Introduction to Social Work in Germany

In the spring of 2022, we visited a couple of facilities in Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt) that provide help a and support to people who use drugs, people with HIV, people struggling with mental health. We were curious to learn more about their services with a particular interest focused on social work services available in their facilities. Based on our visits we created these short videos - each focused on different aspects of social work. We hope you will enjoy our work!

14 activities 04h 51m 24s of videos

Qualitative Interview Analysis with MaxQDA

4 activities 03h 34m 55s of videos

Social work in Central Asia

5 activities 37m 08s of videos

Addiction diagnosis and treatment. Organization of drug users | SOLID School 2020

Self help and self organization of drug users as an important sources for solving drug- and drug policy related problems


7 activities 01h 06m 40s of videos

Social Work in Central Asia and China | SOLID School 2020

Specialists working in Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and China discuss issues related with social work and drug treatment in countries of Central Asia and China. Lectures delivered during SOLID October School 2020.

35 activities 05h 45m 05s of videos