506 Part-time Short courses in Health Sciences

Discover digital health and learn how wearable technology is transforming healthcare with MedTech - Digital Health and Wearable Technology at University of Leeds through FutureLearn.

Discover the human abdomen and how it works with Anatomy - Know Your Abdomen at University of Leeds by FutureLearn.

Learn the epidemiological methods used to understand the causes of diseases and how social factors influence their development with Causes of Human Disease - Understanding Causes of Disease at University of Leeds delivered through FutureLearn.

Learn about the relationship between diet and disease and discover the role a nutrient-rich diet can play in disease prevention with Nutrition and Disease Prevention at Taipei Medical University delivered through FutureLearn.

How can social science and behaviour change techniques be used within antimicrobial stewardship projects to bring about change with Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance - Non-Fermenting Gram Negative Bacteria at British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy offered at FutureLearn.

Learn how new digital health technologies are transforming cancer management with this course for healthcare professionals by taking this course of Digital Health for Cancer Management - Smart Health Technologies in Complex Diseases at Taipei Medical University by FutureLearn.

Understand how social media is used in healthcare, to improve communication and information sharing, with Social Media in Healthcare - Opportunities and Challenges at Taipei Medical University offered at FutureLearn.

Are you involved in the prescribing/administration of antibiotics? Explore the benefits and barriers of IVOST and COPAT with Intravenous to Oral Switch - Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy by FutureLearn.

This Healthy Practices - Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Community and Family Participation offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado System is part of the School Health for Children and Adolescents Specialization.

The Population Health - Governance offered by Coursera in partnership with Universiteit Leiden is unique in combining the Population Health perspective with theories of healthcare system governance.

The Newborn Assessment course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Colorado System is part of the Newborn Baby Care Specialization.

The Healthcare Organizations and the Health System course offered by Coursera in partnership with Rutgers the State University of New Jersey provides links to external sites to connect you to the larger "real world" of healthcare organizations.  

In this Guided Imagery course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Minnesota, you will learn how you can use imagery and imagery interventions to help with symptom management and healing, as well as to enhance overall health and wellbeing.

In this Healthcare Consumerism and Implication for Care Delivery course offered by Coursera in partnership with Northeastern University, we will examine the changing role of the consumer in healthcare. Consumers are asking for more accountability in how healthcare is delivered and paid for. Healthcare professionals must make sure that they are delivering high quality, personalized care. 

This Advancing Health and Assessment Practice for Healthcare Practitioners - Micro-credential at Trinity College Dublin is for healthcare professionals who are enthusiastic about professional development and adding to their repertoire of knowledge and skills for clinical practice. Delivered live rather than prerecorded, the course provides greater value through real-time interaction and support.

Healthcare Analytics at University of California, Riverside is ideal for professionals who want to pursue or advance their career.

Explore the different mental health conditions and disorders of emotional wellbeing that children and young people may present with, or be diagnosed with this Children's Mental Health Conditions course at Anglia Ruskin University.

The Advanced Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography course offered by the University of Cape Town is aimed at providing advanced echocardiographic skills (comprehensive imaging and Doppler echocardiography) for the non-cardiologist in order to perform point-of-care cardiopulmonary evaluation and subsequently, optimisation of emergent cardiac and respiratory conditions.

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) is the national hospital admission database for England, which is increasingly being used for research, clinical outcomes monitoring, and public health and service planning. UCL offers the Introduction to Hospital Episode Statistics programme.

This one-day training in Improving Physical Health Needs in Serious Mental Illness offered by Middlesex University aims to address the physical health needs of people with mental illness by increasing your awareness to consider these needs opportunistically and to deliver physical health checks to this patient group.