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3.5

Improve your confidence and skills in helping your patients manage their weightLifestyle behaviours related to weight management are important in treating chronic disease, but clinicians often lack confidence and skills in having discussions about we...

4.59

Develop your understanding of lead poisoning and public health policy This course offers learners the chance to learn why tackling lead poisoning is important and explore how lead poisoning impacts health services and policy around...

Discover how neurobiology relates to a substance use disorderThis two-week course provides an overview of neurobiological adaptations that occur during active addiction to help you better understand your patients, and improve your quality of care....

Learn how to provide patient-centred careStigma negatively affects access to care and the quality of treatment received by patients with a substance use disorder (SUD). On this two-week course, you’ll explore the stigma surrounding addiction...

4.47

Discover how health literacy can boost health outcomesStudies suggest that if health professionals include elements of health literacy in their day-to-day-practice, the benefits to health promotion, prevention, treatment and care are significant. On...

5

Improve your professional abilities for better servicesOn this three-week advanced course from Taipei Medical University, you’ll learn how to provide better pharmaceutical services while also improving your professional abilities as a pharmacist. Th...

4.77

Become an expert health educator and make a differenceConnect with a global network of multi-professional educators in healthcare, and gain new perspectives on your teaching strategies and values as a health educator. On this course...

4.71

Learn how digital tools can be used throughout clinical trials This four-week clinical trials course is designed to create awareness about the availability and use of digital tools for the recruitment and retention of participants...

4.67

Make a difference: Improve patient outcomes with perioperative medicineToo many patients die or suffer prolonged complications following surgery. Perioperative medicine is an emerging, multi-disciplinary approach which seeks to optimise the care of...

4.79

Everything we do in healthcare has to be discovered and thoroughly tested before it can be put into practice. In this course, you will explore clinical research – its challenges and its huge benefits to...

5

Discover the benefits of using music interactivelyRegardless of our language, culture, or abilities, music speaks to all of us. It can enable us to connect with other people and to the world around us. It...

3.85

Discover how to enable healthy ageing as life expectancy increasesLife expectancy is increasing. In the UK, the average person now lives to the age of 81, up from 77 in 2000. This increase in lifespan...

4.89

Discover a more accurate, more targeted way to tackle AMRThere’s a major lack of awareness about how diagnostics can help us to address the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. This course was developed to help...

4.82

You will be introduced to the human abdomen and its many complex structures through stimulating discussions on common surgical scenarios and current research. Each week, we will focus on a specific area of the abdomen;...

4.76

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...

5

Learn everything biomedical investigators need to know about research ethicsHowever groundbreaking biomedical research is, it should never come at the price of subjects’ health, privacy, or other rights. This three-week course offers practical insig...

4.86

Explore the challenges of providing care for DVA in the context of pregnancyAround 1 in 12 people are exposed to domestic violence and abuse (DVA) during pregnancy. Health appointments during this time are a good...

4.7

Understand and deal with key issues in contemporary nursingNurses play an important role in providing healthcare around the world and, in some countries, form more than 50% of the healthcare workforce. Yet, there is a...

4.51

Discover the science behind the ageing processThe “why” and “how” of ageing has puzzled mankind ever since it questioned its place in the universe. However, it was only after infectious diseases became more controlled and...

5

Gain dentistry experience online before applying for a degree in dentistry This course offers prospective dental students everywhere the chance to better understand what it’s like to be a dental student, how to ace the...