Health & Medicine Courses

Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

364 reviews

How can you tell if the bold headlines seen on social media are truly touting the next big thing or if the article isn't worth the paper it's printed on?

• Coursera
• 16 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• tomorrow (6th Dec)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

982 reviews

Learn about Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and understand how nutrition can support exercise and sports performance.

• edX
• 4-8 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes

338 reviews

Discover the latest insights on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in the online open course Nutrition, Heart disease and Diabetes. You will learn about current prog…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition

175 reviews

Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they impact your health. This online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Heal…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition

280 reviews

Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about macronutrients and overnutrition and how they impact humans. This online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Health.

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition and Cancer

240 reviews

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.…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 1st Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Discover Dentistry

152 reviews

An entertaining and illuminating course for everyone to explore the impact dentistry has on our lives.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Monash University

Maintaining a Mindful Life

210 reviews

Learn how to apply mindfulness techniques, so you can improve your communication, relationships and emotional health.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

University of Cape Town

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

663 reviews

If you’ve ever skipped over`the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence interval” or “p-value” go over your head, then you’re in the right place.

• Coursera
• 27 hours worth of material, 6 weeks long
• 3 weeks from now (27th Dec)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Understanding Dementia

10947 reviews

This is a course about dementia looking at a broad range of topics including, basic brain anatomy, pathology, dementia research, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, medical management, living with dementia, progression and staging, palliation, behaviours…

• Independent
• 3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• 8th Feb, 2022
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Understanding Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

821 reviews

This course aims to improve understanding and awareness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Members of the public will increase their knowledge of MS-related issues and those in the MS Community will be empowered to create and contribute to personalised MS manag…

• Independent
• 2 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 14th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

540 reviews

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering university-quality education about TBI covering the spectrum from mild concussion through to severe injury.

• Independent
• 2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 28th Mar, 2022
• Free Online Course

Newcastle University;  The University of Sheffield;  University of Liverpool

The Musculoskeletal System: The Science of Staying Active into Old Age

316 reviews

Demystify the ageing process and learn how our everyday behaviours are likely to affect our long-term musculoskeletal health.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

End of Life Care: Challenges and Innovation

131 reviews

Explore dying and palliative care practice around the world and evaluate new trends and ideas surrounding end of life care issues.

• FutureLearn
• 4 hours a week, 3 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Monash University

Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance

210 reviews

Learn mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and work/study performance in this online course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time