Health & Medicine Courses

Understanding Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

943 reviews

This course aims to improve understanding and awareness of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Members of the public will increase their knowledge of MS-related issues and those in the MS Community will be empowered to create and contribute to personalised MS manag…

• Independent
• 2 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• 13th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time

Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

364 reviews

How can you tell if the bold headlines seen on social media are truly touting the next big thing or if the article isn't worth the paper it's printed on?

• Coursera
• 17 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 27th Feb, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

1099 reviews

Learn about Nutrition, Exercise and Sports and understand how nutrition can support exercise and sports performance.

• edX
• 4-8 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Nutrition and Health: Micronutrients and Malnutrition

207 reviews

Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about malnutrition and micronutrients and how they impact your health. This online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Heal…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition, Heart Disease and Diabetes

406 reviews

Discover the latest insights on the importance of nutrition and lifestyle in the development and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus in the online open course Nutrition, Heart disease and Diabetes. You will learn about current prog…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition

313 reviews

Learn from the top professors of Wageningen University & Research about macronutrients and overnutrition and how they impact humans. This online course is offered as a MOOC, and is part of the Professional Certificate Pogramme: Nutrition and Health.

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 9 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Nutrition and Cancer

293 reviews

Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause of death in many parts of the world. It causes one in eight deaths worldwide. Global trends show that the majority of all cancer deaths occur in the low- and middle-income countries.…

• edX
• 6-8 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

End of Life Care: Challenges and Innovation

145 reviews

Explore dying and palliative care practice around the world and evaluate new trends and ideas surrounding end of life care issues.

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

• Best of All Time

Discover Dentistry

166 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

Monash University

Maintaining a Mindful Life

212 reviews

Learn how to apply mindfulness techniques, so you can improve your communication, relationships and emotional health.

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

• Best of All Time

Monash University

Mindfulness for Wellbeing and Peak Performance

211 reviews

Learn mindfulness techniques to reduce stress and improve your wellbeing and work/study performance in this online course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

University of Cape Town

Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics

739 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
• 20th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Understanding Dementia

12213 reviews

This is a course about dementia looking at a broad range of topics including, basic brain anatomy, pathology, dementia research, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, medical management, living with dementia, progression and staging, palliation, behaviours…

• Independent
• 3 hours a week, 7 weeks long
• 7th Feb, 2023
• Free Certificate

• Best of All Time

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

1043 reviews

Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering university-quality education about TBI covering the spectrum from mild concussion through to severe injury.

• Independent
• 2 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• 27th Mar, 2023
• Free Online Course

Preventing Dementia

6792 reviews

Preventing Dementia is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), offering university-quality education about the latest research in dementia risk and protective factors.

• Independent
• 2 hours a week, 4 weeks long
• 16th May, 2023
• Free Online Course

• Best of All Time