Health & Fitness courses

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Discover the fascinating world of microbesMicrobes may be invisible to the eye, but they dominate every environment on Earth – including you. Microbes are often associated with disease yet the majority of species help to...

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Learn how to identify addiction, manage recovery, and lead changeOn this course, you’ll receive an overview of approaches to addiction treatment, from detoxification to harm reduction and addiction recovery. Learning from real life examples, you’ll...

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Learn about the amazing roles the liver fulfils to keep you healthy. We are currently experiencing an international explosion of liver disease that continues to have enormous impact upon healthcare systems and global health. In...

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Powerful new technologies have been driving forward immense and exciting changes in clinical practice. The days of peering down the microscope to detect chromosome abnormalities are gone, replaced by chromosome analysis at the genomic level....

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Explore how nutrition and environmental factors influence our health. On this course you’ll look at the importance of nutrition in human health and explore what happens to the body when it doesn’t receive the right...

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Explore the prospect of a career in medicine with a leading UK medical schoolIs a career in medicine right for you? On this course, you’ll explore the process of becoming a doctor and learn what...

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Learn how to manage wound infection as a healthcare professionalIt’s common to control wound infections with antibiotics. Understanding antimicrobial stewardship is key to preventing antimicrobial resistance and treating a range of infections caused...

Provide nutritional advice to clients within your scope of practice. As a fitness professional, your clients may expect guidance on nutrition as part of their fitness journey with you, but giving nutritional advice is complicated...

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Identify how to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in childrenMicrobes live everywhere, especially in childcare settings where children play together at close quarters. They come in all shapes and sizes – and not all...

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Learn how to write the best personal statement to get into medical schoolReceiving great feedback from both teachers and students alike, this nine-lesson online course teaches you all you need to know about writing a...

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Discover NHS jobs and what it’s like to work in healthcareThe National Health Service (NHS) is constantly changing and evolving, and existing pressures within the NHS are making it much harder for students to complete...

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Learn how to develop language tests for awake brain surgeryLanguage representation in the brain can be studied by testing language during awake brain surgery. In this course, you will get to know the importance of...

Develop an understanding of mental health conditions to support your clients. This online Short Course will provide an overview of mental health disorders and outlines the first response when encountering a person with a mental...

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Explore how assisted reproduction is impacting baby-making in the 21st centuryFollowing the journey of someone making use of technology to conceive, this course will take you through six different areas of assisted reproduction, as well...

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Improve your clinical efficacy using Chinese medical theoryOn this eight-week course from the HKU SPACE, you’ll explore the different syndromes of the Six-Meridian Syndrome Differentiation from the Treatise of Febrile Diseases Caused by Cold. You’ll...

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Navigate the pitfalls of planning and organising donations of medical equipment Unavailability of essential clinical equipment can be a serious problem in low-resource settings. Whilst medical equipment donations can play a critical role in filling...

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Learn how to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Africa Communicable diseases remain to be a leading cause of death in African countries (WHO). This course will look at the threat of antimicrobial resistance in Africa and...

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Explore how your body works through the study of body anatomyHow does the body work? What is it made of? What are the different parts of the human body and what are their functions? From...

Winner of the very first women’s Olympic marathon, Joan Benoit Samuelson has spent her life breaking records and paving the way for female runners around the world. Now she’s teaching her personal philosophy and approach...

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eHealth refers to the use of technologies to improve well-being, health, and healthcare. It is an umbrella term that captures concepts about the health context, technology, and people. In this free online course, we will...