Foundations of Client Care 1: Human Body and Disease Basics (edX)

EdX

National University of Singapore,NUS

Microbiomes & Sustainability (edX)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Sci: Environment

The course is an introduction to microbiomes and sustainability. It argues that global microbiomes are fundamentally relevant to sustainability. Topics include principles of sustainability, sustainable development, microbiomes in humans and the environment, bioremediation, and bioretention. For more than 3.5 billion years microbes and their communities (microbiomes) have shaped the Earth and its inhabitants.

This course is archived

4 Weeks

Sustainability Genes Photosynthesis

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EdX

McGill,McGillX

The Body Matters: Why Exercise Makes You Healthy and How to Stay Uninjured (edX)

Health & Society

Learn from leading global experts about the benefits of physical activity and how to prevent and treat injuries. This health course will show you why exercise is a fundamental component of a healthy lifestyle. Exercise is more than just an “art of converting big meals and fattening snacks into back strains and pulled muscles by lifting heavy things that don’t need to be moved, or running when no one is chasing you.” (Anonymous quote) Our bodies evolved to move over several millennia.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Health Human Body Body

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EdX

Wageningen University,WageningenX

Nutrition and Cancer (edX)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Food & Nutrition

Discover the latest insights on the role of diet, nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention, occurrence and progression of cancer. Is cancer partly preventable through a healthy diet? Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death in many parts of the world. It causes one in eight deaths worldwide. Global trends show that the majority of all cancer deaths occur in the low- and middle-income countries. Yet, cancer can be partly prevented and many of these deaths can be avoided.

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Health Nutrition Food

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EdX

University of Texas at Austin,UTAustinX

Take Your Medicine: Developing New Drug Products (edX)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Discover how new drugs are developed, tested, approved and marketed. Medicine has eradicated or eased the symptoms of many diseases. This course reveals how new drugs go from research innovation to a medicine that can be prescribed to patients. You’ll learn the process, challenges and issues in developing pharmaceutical products.

No sessions available

4 Weeks

Medicine Disease Development

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EdX

Boston University,BUx

The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Health (edX)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Learn how to safely and effectively participate in global health rotations, projects, and volunteer work. Whether you’re considering a global health learning experience such as a clinical rotation, a research project, or volunteer work, or are preparing to work abroad, this is the course for you!

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Health Healthcare Global Health

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EdX

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,HKPolyUx

Human Anatomy for Stroke (edX)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Medicine & Pharmacology

The first MOOC to teach Human Anatomy from multiple healthcare professional perspectives through a case-based study of stroke. How is the human body structured? How are the different body systems interconnected with each other? If you are interested but layman to Human Anatomy, if you find the Human Anatomy textbooks are too difficult to read, or if you want to freshen up quickly your anatomy knowledge, this is the course for you.

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Health Biology Human Body

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EdX

IsraelX

Health Informatics for better and safer healthcare (edX)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Learn when and how Informatics is used in different fields of healthcare, what the benefits are and the challenges that still lie ahead. Healthcare providers around the globe (e.g., doctors, nurses, physical or occupational therapists, etc.) are increasingly relying on health information technology, like electronic health records, for their daily routine tasks. Although using health information technology holds tremendous promises (like personalized and precision medicine to all) it can also result in unforeseen consequences leading to patients’ harm.

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Health Healthcare Health Informatics

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EdX

KU Leuven University

Data Analytics in Health - From Basics to Business (edX)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Improve diagnostics, care and curing by effectively applying data analytics in healthcare and spot entrepreneurial opportunities. Many people talk about the promise of “big data” to health care. But how can the application of data analytics to big data actually improve health and health care? We will show that novel data analytics based solutions can result in better diagnosis, better care and better curing. This provides fertile ground for entrepreneurship and the development of new businesses.

No session available

4 Weeks

Health Healthcare Entrepreneurship

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EdX

University of Queensland,UQx

Understanding the Australian Health Care System (edX)

Health & Society Medicine & Pharmacology

Understand and navigate the complexities of Australia’s world-leading health care system by following patient journeys. This course will enable you to understand the workings of the Australian health care system. By following in the footsteps of patient journeys, you will gain an experiential understanding of how this multi-layered system operates in the context of the geographic, social and cultural landscapes of Australia and how to successfully navigate within this system.

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Health Healthcare Health Systems

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EdX

Kyoto University

Ethics in Life Sciences and Healthcare: Exploring Bioethics through Manga - Part 2 (edX)

Sci: Biology & Life Sciences Humanities

Learn about the ethical decisions surrounding critical health and life science issues vital to your life through Manga. Is it permissible to create human clones? Would you really want to live forever? Is brain death the death of a human being? These controversial questions will be explored through stories in Manga in this bioethics course. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Health Healthcare Ethics

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EdX

Delft University of Technology,DelftX

Design in Healthcare: Using Patient Journey Mapping (edX)

Medicine & Pharmacology

Learn about the Patient Journey Mapping method for innovative product and service design in healthcare. In this course you will learn about the different experiences patients go through in a medical context. The patient journey explores the interaction between the patient and the healthcare providers in all stages of the disease; coping with treatment and dealing with expectations, and interaction with and between different stakeholders.

Self Paced

Self-Paced

Healthcare Patient Journey Mapping Healthcare Innovation

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EdX

Georgia Institute of Technology,GTx

Health Informatics: A Current and Historical Perspective (edX)

Health & Society Computer Science

Background on US healthcare, the key current applications of informatics in healthcare delivery. A brief history of the healthcare informatics field emphasizing long recognized key capabilities and the reasons for their slow adoption. An introduction to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability (FHIR) standard and its transformative potential.

No sessions available

5-12 Weeks

Healthcare Healthcare Delivery Health Informatics

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