Futurelearn

Futurelearn is an award-winning digital education platform launched in 2012 and based in the UK. The company has over 12 top university partners, including Princeton, Yale, and The University of Amsterdam. Its courses cover various topics, from Artificial Intelligence to Philosophy to Global History. Futurelearn also offers micro-credentials accredited by its partner universities on topics like Digital Leadership and STEM teaching. Futurelearn is founded on the belief that learning can be inspiring and accessible to everyone. It strives to create a global community of learners through its online platform, which provides high-quality educational materials in videos, texts, quizzes, articles, and discussions.
Total courses: 1370
Futurelearn
Genetic Inheritance for the Pregnancy Pathway: A Practical Guide for Clinicians
4.8

Discover different types of genetic inheritance and understand genomic testingGenomics is an ever-developing area of healthcare, and genetic tests are being mainstreamed, becoming more accessible than ever before. That’s why it’s important for profe...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 2 hours
Good Pharmacy Practice: Introduction to Medication Delivery Systems
4.75

Build a repertoire of tools to enhance medication deliveryOn this three-week course from Taipei Medical University, you’ll explore the different types of medication distribution systems in hospitals and the principle of evaluating drug delivery syste...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Identifying and Responding to Drug and Alcohol Addiction in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Practice
4.18

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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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Introduction to Health and Medical Law
4.8

Understand and apply core health and medical law conceptsA working knowledge of medical law is essential for every health professional, support staff member, and legal practitioner interested in taking on health law cases. This four-week...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
Protecting Health Data in the Modern Age: Getting to Grips with the GDPR
4.56

Join this course to understand how health data is protectedPeople use technologies to track their fitness and health. Medical and health professionals use technologies to treat patients. These technologies generate a lot of health data....

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 2 hours
Telemedicine: Tools to Support Growth Disorders in a Post-COVID Era

Improve your digital literacy to address eHealth for growth disordersWith the combination of COVID-19 and the rise of new technologies, telemedicine has become essential in providing healthcare. Doctors and health practitioners can use technology to...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
What is Health Research?
4.64

Learn about health research and explore opportunities to get involved. Have you ever wondered how doctors and nurses know what treatment or care to give? It’s only through health research that healthcare professionals find new...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Understanding Addiction
4.56

Explore addiction treatment with the experts at CQUniversityAddiction has a significant impact on our global society. However, responses and attitudes to addiction are changing and leading to more effective treatments, thanks to the advancement of...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
Good Pharmacy Practice: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy Services
5

Improve and measure your pharmacist servicesThe Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) guidelines are a set of standards laid out by the World Health Organisation to ensure pharmacists provide high-quality services to every patient. On this three-week...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
What is Genetic Counselling?
4.9

Understand the role of genetic counselling in the genomic eraWho are genetic counsellors? Who has genetic counselling and what does a genetic counsellor do? On this course, you will find the answers to these questions...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 6 hours
Human Factors in a Healthcare Environment
4.65

Discover how understanding human factors can improve patient safetyHuman factors is the study of how humans behave and interact with each other and their surroundings. It considers how humans interact in the workplace and how,...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Dysphagia: Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines
4.62

The course offers an opportunity to network with other learners and with the creators of the course through discussions, graphs and social networking features and to share knowledge with other learners and professionals. By completing...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 6 hours
End-of-Life Care for People with Dementia
4.33

Find out how to better support people with dementia at the end of lifeA range of research has shown that the end-of-life care needs of people with dementia, and their families, are poorly understood and...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Frontier Physics, Future Technologies
4.76

Explore the mysteries of the universe through cutting-edge physicsPhysics is the most fundamental of the sciences. By studying the properties of energy and matter, physicists aim to explain the many mysteries of the universe. In...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Start Your Career as a Healthcare Professional: Online Work Related Learning
4.57

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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  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours
Capacity Building: Core Competencies for Health Promotion
4.66

With the increased life-expectancy, living a healthy life becoming important. Health promotion provides individuals with means to improve and manage their health. This course provides basic information on health promotion. Upon completion of the c...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Medicine Personal Statement Online Crash Course
5

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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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science
4.8

Master the basics of medicine with the University of Colorado School of MedicineThis three-week course offers you a fascinating and informative introduction to modern medicine. Whether you’d like to better communicate with healthcare professionals,...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 3 hours
Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals
4.47

Learn about different aspects of organ donation in this CPD-approved courseDespite organ donation being hugely important there is currently limited training for healthcare workforce regarding the complex issues around organ and tissue donation. This...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 2 hours
Introducción a la microbiología práctica
5

Asienta las bases de las prácticas en la microbiologíaEste curso te enseña todos los conceptos básicos de la microbiología. Desarrolla una base sólida para futuros estudios y prácticas en el campo de la microbiología aprendiendo...

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  • Flexible deadline
  • 4 hours