Health Care Courses

UCT

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

709 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
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Discover Dentistry

158 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

UCT

Medicine and the Arts: Humanising Healthcare

100 reviews

Explore the field of medical humanities - the intersection of the arts, humanities and healthcare - with this free online course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 25th Jul, 2022
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Improving Healthcare Through Clinical Research

68 reviews

On this free online course, find out how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated to improve healthcare for all.

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

• Best of All Time

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Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management (HE)

58 reviews

With the increasing focus on research data, this course has been developed to address present and future researchers’ data management learning needs.

• Canvas Network
• 7 hours a week
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Health Across the Gender Spectrum

5 reviews

This course offers an intimate, story-based introduction to the experiences of six transgender children and their families. Through illustrated stories and short teaching videos, learners will gain a better understanding of gender identity and the gender…

• Coursera
• 8-9 hours worth of material, 3 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Dental Medicine

9 reviews

The mouth is the window into human health. This course provides an overview of dental medicine to engage, educate, excite and assist you in improving the oral health of your patients and members of your community. We will review topics in dental medicin…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 6 days from now (15th Aug)
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Healthcare

529 ratings at Coursera

This course explores the fundamentals of the U.S. healthcare system. It will introduce the principal institutions and participants in healthcare systems, explain what they do, and discuss the interactions between them. The course will cover physician pra…

• Coursera
• 12 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Essentials of Palliative Care

41 ratings at Coursera

Palliative care can help ease suffering and improve wellbeing in people living with serious illnesses such as cancer. Palliative Care Always is an online, case-based course for health care practitioners who work in cancer care.

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Health After Cancer: Cancer Survivorship for Primary Care

37 ratings at Coursera

This course presents basic principles of cancer survivorship to primary-care physicians. Developed by a team of experts in caring for cancer survivors, and narrated by a primary-care physician, this course provides practical tips and tools that can be ea…

• Coursera
• 2-3 hours worth of material, 1 week long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Symptom Management in Palliative Care

14 ratings at Coursera

This course should be taken after the Essentials of Palliative Care course and continues building your primary palliative care skills – communication, psychosocial support and goals of care. You will learn how to screen, assess, and manage both physical…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Supporting Families and Caregivers

13 ratings at Coursera

This course takes a deep dive into the challenges families and friends of a patient with serious illness face and how you can care for and support them as a provider, social worker or family friend. Supporting Families and Caregivers especially focuses…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Transitions in Care from Survivorship to Hospice

11 ratings at Coursera

This course should be taken after the Symptom Management course and continues building your primary palliative care skills – communication, psychosocial support, goals of care and symptom management. You will explore transitions in care such as survivors…

• Coursera
• 10 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Palliative Care Always Capstone Course

10 ratings at Coursera

The Palliative Care Always Capstone course is designed to let you test your knowledge about palliative and help others understand the value of palliative care, while showing your creative side. In this course, you will impact community awareness about pa…

• Coursera
• 13 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• Today
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Health Technology Assessment: Choosing Which Treatments Get Funded

31 reviews

Before new drugs or treatments are adopted, their effectiveness and cost must be assessed. Find out how in this online course.

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