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The Opioid Crisis in America (edX)

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction. On average, 130 Americans die every day from an overdose of opioids, the class of drugs that includes heroin, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and fentanyl. Around 70% of all opioid overdose deaths [...]

Retinopathy of Prematurity: Practical Approaches to Prevent Blindness (FutureLearn)

Explore the strategies to prevent and treat retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) with this online course for healthcare professionals. Learn how the screening of ROP can help manage and prevent vision loss in babies. Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) affects babies born preterm, before 37 weeks of gestation. Over 15 million [...]

Genomic Scenarios in Primary Care (FutureLearn)

Explore the role of genomics within primary care and learn how to manage patients with direct to consumer test results. Discover the role of genomics and genomic testing within primary care. The public are increasingly bringing results from genomic tests obtained through commercial routes. Most patients will present within [...]

Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine (OpenClass)

Welcome to "Understanding the COVID-19 Vaccine" -- a free OpenClass which aims to educate the general public on the COVID-19 vaccine to allow people to make an informed decision.

The Art and Science of Searching in Systematic Reviews (edX)

This course is useful for anyone responsible for searching literature systematically either for a systematic review or a comprehensive literature review. Learn the fundamentals of systematic review searching, including strategies, information sources and methods to manage & report search methods across [...]

Perioperative Medicine in Action (FutureLearn)

Explore perioperative medicine and how you can improve care for the high risk surgical patient. Join this RCoA endorsed course. Too many patients die or suffer prolonged complications following surgery. Perioperative medicine is an emerging, multi-disciplinary approach, which tackles this issue, by optimising the care of high-risk surgical patients. [...]

Ethical Decision-Making in Care (FutureLearn)

Raise your awareness of everyday ethical issues in care and learn techniques to make ethical decisions. Learn how to use ethical frameworks to make decisions in care. On this course, you’ll explore ethical issues that arise in daily care, and learn the best practices for reflecting on and making [...]

Bacterial Genomes: Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial Pathogens (FutureLearn)

What's antimicrobial resistance and how can we detect it? Explore the clinical relevance of AMR and the methods used to detect it. Explore the challenges of AMR and learn how experts work to address them. AMR is a public health emergency. Global projections predict the loss of nearly 10 [...]

The Role of Diagnostics in the Antimicrobial Resistance Response (FutureLearn)

Understand how diagnostics can be used in both the prevention and treatment of antimicrobial resistance. Discover a more accurate, more targeted way to tackle AMR. Discover a more accurate, more targeted way to tackle AMR. This course was developed to help medical professionals like you tackle AMR. You’ll explore [...]

Focus on Suicidal Behaviours (EPA)

The last decades have seen the greatest advances in our knowledge about the causes of suicidal behaviours and in our skills to take care of those at risk and prevent future suicidal events. In this online course, we will give you an overview of these advances through the lenses [...]