Ce cours décrit les mécanismes fondamentaux du système immunitaire pour mieux comprendre les bases immunologiques dela vaccination, de la transplantation, de l’immunothérapie, de l'allergie et des maladies auto-immunes. Le but de cet enseignement est de faire comprendre comment fonctionne notre syst...
Some of the key focus areas for health informatics research and development Adopting digital health records and sharing the data they contain is a critical step forward. However, since successful management of chronic disease must involve patients, using informatics tools and systems to engage them is...
We will addresses the most interesting and important areas of contemporary bioethics. It is the first edX MOOC that is primarily directed towards students reading biomedicine and who will often end up in development and research or at biomed laboratories. During the five weeks of our course you will...
Learn the latest applications of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in emergency management, public safety, and industry, as well as the potential risks UAS pose to safety and privacy. If you want to be the technology specialist who can procure and gain insight into cutting edge systems to help save lives...
Aprende sobre las herramientas y canales que te llevarán a un balance en tu vida, para un mejor desarrollo personal y profesional, logrando conseguir un estado de bienestar integral. El bienestar se ha convertido en una tendencia global que busca el equilibrio y balance en la vida de cada persona. Sin...
Knowledge linking genomics to health and disease is rapidly expanding. Translation of this knowledge into clinical and public health practice offers promising opportunities but also raises a host of ethical, legal, social, and policy questions. Using case examples, this inter-disciplinary course will...
The sensing, thinking, moving body is the basis of our experience in the world; it is the very foundation on which cognitive intelligence is built. Physical Intelligence, then, is the inherent ability of the human organism to function in extraordinary accord with its physical environment. This class...
Explore ethical issues in sports, including the value of winning, violence in sports, and intercollegiate athletics and their impact on education. While sport sometimes is dismissed as frivolous, it not only raises fundamental ethical questions, such as what counts as fair play, but is an important cultural...
In this course we will assess the ethical and legal challenges posed by organ transplantation. The first successful organ transplantation was performed in 1954. Since then, the technique has evolved tremendously, giving hope and increased quality of life to many patients around the world. While the technology...
As the baby boomer generation ages, the impacts of alcohol and drug use among this generation will become an increasingly important public health issue. This 5-week course will provide primary care givers and health care providers with an overview of this looming issue and provide strategies for the...
Strengthen your approach to protecting and promoting the wellbeing of children in humanitarian settings using the latest evidence on childhood adversity and drawing on experiences from child protection practitioners. Globally, an unprecedented 131 million people are affected by humanitarian crises worldwide...
Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough? About this Course We all agree that quality is important – but what is it? How do we define it? How do we measure it? And most importantly, how might we make it better? In this course, you will learn:
The importance of focusing on quality...
This course provides an overview of the Design Thinking process and tools used for business innovation. Design Thinking is a popular new idea in the business world – organizations as diverse as entrepreneurial start-ups, big established corporations, and government and social service organizations...
Aprende las bases del manejo integral y multidisciplinario de la apnea del sueño en niños y adultos. La apnea obstructiva del sueño es un trastorno respiratorio del sueño que por su alta prevalencia en el mundo, se ha convertido en un serio problema de salud pública en diversos países. A esta alta prevalencia...
Learn about the role of nutrition communication in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Find out how to identify diet-related health risk, barriers to change, and how to start healthy conversations to assist others in achieving nutrition related health goals. If...
Statistical Physics in Biology is a survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology. Topics include: bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, and phylogenetic trees; physical interactions responsible for structure...
Learn from Tufts University about the provision of safe water, sanitation and sustainability to improve global public health. The Biology of Water and Health from Tufts University is a water sustainability course (PH241x) that examines increasingly critical water-related issues through a distinctly global...
This course will provide the scientific basis for caries (dental decay) risk assessment and practice interventions. You will immediately be able to apply “caries management by risk assessment” into your clinical setting or into your personal health care. Dental Caries (tooth decay) is a bacterially based...
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