health science

  1. webop - E-Learning Best Practice Surgery

    webop - E-Learning Best Practice Surgery

    Webop breaks new ground in knowledge transfer and visualization of surgical operations. The procedure is broken down into its critical elements and presented in a didactical form that not only demonstrates, in video clips, text and illustrations, the principle behind the operation but also its...
  2. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Inside Cancer: How Genes Influence Cancer Development

    Overview What is the one thing that all cancers have in common? They begin as mutant or rebel cells! In this course we will explore how changes in cancer genetics and epigenetics enables these cells to grow uncontrollably, by exploiting our blood vessels and immune system along with other...
  3. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Exploring Cancer Medicines

    Overview This course will introduce you to the topic of cancer chemotherapy, and how the development of effective medications for the treatment of cancer remains a significant challenge to scientists. You will research the use and development of cancer medicines, focusing on chemotherapy. In...
  4. MoocLab

    Specializations for Health Professionals on Coursera

    As part of Coursera’s new health content vertical, the MOOC platform aims to launch 100 new courses and 30 new Specializations throughout 2019 in order to address the skills shortage in the fields of Health Informatics, Healthcare Management, and Public Health. The following 10 Specializations...
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  5. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Health and Wellbeing in the Ancient World

    Overview Understand Greek and Roman approaches to health and well-being What did being healthy in ancient Rome or Greece look like? How can we tell what well-being meant in ancient times? This online course will help you investigate these questions, using both literary and archaeological...
  6. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Preparing for an International Health Elective: Exploring Global Health, Ethics and Safety

    Overview International health electives (IHEs) are highly variable, student-organised placements that offer important opportunities for student-directed learning about health and healthcare in unfamiliar contexts. They enable medical and healthcare students to take responsibility for their own...
  7. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Brain and Behavior: Regulating Body Weight

    Overview Explore the environmental and biological factors that regulate our body weight. Many complex factors are involved in the regulation of body weight and control of food intake. This course explores how body weight is influenced by external and internal stimuli, and how these stimuli...
  8. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn ($) Food as Medicine: Food, Exercise and the Gut

    Overview Improve your knowledge of the gut and how it’s affected by food and exercise The gut is a complex part of the human body, and can be affected by many different factors. It’s vital healthcare professionals have a solid understanding of how the gut works, and what can exacerbate or...
  9. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Nutrition and Wellbeing

    Overview Gain skills to evaluate nutrition information and apply to your own diet This course will help you understand the scientific basis of human nutrition, and current nutrition concepts and controversies. Each week we look at a different theme: • The makings of a ‘healthy diet’: Which...
  10. FutureLearn

    FutureLearn Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety

    Overview Explore the effects of food on health What, and how much, we eat has an enormous impact on our health. But with confusing packaging and news headlines it can be hard to know how to eat well and what foods could potentially harm us. On this course you will learn the basics of nutrition...
  11. Coursera

    Coursera Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods

    Overview The course will cover the topics related to antimicrobial resistance with basic definitions and overview on antimicrobials their use and the emergence and spread of resistance. The course will guide you through the concepts and the importance of resistance spread and dissemination and...
  12. Coursera

    Coursera Biohacking Your Brain's Health

    Overview With deteriorating health, particularly brain health, occurring at a global level, this course introduces you to methods for maximizing your brain's fitness through nutrition, exercise, meditation, and sleep. We'll debunk popular myths about prescribed practices for overall health and...
  13. Coursera

    Coursera Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us

    Overview The vital signs – heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate, and pain – communicate important information about the physiological status of the human body. In this six-part course we explore the anatomy and physiology underlying the vital signs so that you will...
  14. edX

    edX Nutrition and Health: Food Risks

    Overview Everyday reports of food scandals and recalls are published. One day it’s scary bacteria in meat, and another day it’s dangerous pesticides in fruits. According to some, meat needs to be cooked well to prevent food-borne illness while others warn not to heat food to prevent the...
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    • Category: Nutrition
  15. edX

    edX Nutrition and Health: Human Microbiome

    Overview Your body is not only made up of human cells, but also by trillions of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Together they make up the human microbiome and have a tremendous impact on your health. For example, what you eat and drink impacts the microbiome. In this course, you will learn how...
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    • health science microbiome nutrition
    • Category: Nutrition
  16. edX

    edX Medical Genomics 101

    Overview Medical Genomics 101 (CME) is for Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners seeking CME credit. You must be registered with the Charlotte Area Healthcare Education Center to receive credit. If you are taking this course for CME credit, please CLICK HERE to register and...
  17. edX

    edX System Dynamics for Health Sciences

    Overview Effective and meaningful engagement with complex modern medical systems requires an overarching set of tools. System dynamics is such a tool, allowing health practitioners to model and simulate problems ranging from the molecular level to the entire healthcare system and beyond. This...
  18. edX

    edX Introduction to Stewart’s Model of Physiological Acid-Base Chemistry

    Overview Clinical acid-base chemistry forms an integral part of the education of medical professionals, and is essential for the management of many patients in an acute care setting. Traditional approaches to this topic make use of over-simplified arguments which introduce a number of...
  19. edX

    edX Introduction to Urology

    Overview Urology is the clinical science of diseases within the genitourinary system of males and females. Anatomically it includes diseases in the upper urinary tract like the kidneys and ureters, the lower urinary tract like the urinary bladder and urethra, and the male inner and outer...
  20. edX

    edX Nutrition in Ageing

    Overview What are the nutritional needs of older people? What happens when older people become malnourished? What does a healthy diet look like? As a care provider for people in their later years, these and similar questions will be familiar to you. Our bodies begin to function differently as...
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    • ageing health science nutrition
    • Category: Nutrition
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