Health & Medicine Courses

An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning.

Learn the essentials of U.S. health care policy from some of the nation's top experts.

Why should we care about Confucius? Explore ancient Chinese philosophy, ethics, and political theory to challenge your assumptions of what it means to be happy, live a meaningful life, and change the world.

Learn the anatomy basic to understanding five musculoskeletal injuries commonly seen in primary care medicine and orthopedic clinical specialty practice. Follow hypothetical patients from injury to operating room.

Learn to deliver high-quality primary health care at scale through national community health worker programs.

Learn the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies, and the challenges faced in the field today.

This interactive online course addresses the sometimes overwhelming types of anxiety that challenge us today.

Doing simple stretching exercises just two or three times a week can dramatically help you increase flexibility, improve balance, and relieve pain caused by muscle and joint stiffness.

Experts from Harvard Medical School explain how to recognize the risk factors and symptoms of glaucoma, AMD (age-related macular degeneration), and diabetic retinopathy.

Learn about them in our in-depth online course, where videos, photo features, expandable boxes, charts, and quizzes make the discovery fun.

In this information-packed course, anyone dealing with urinary and/or fecal incontinence will learn about the causes and symptoms.

Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better.

Learn how global warming impacts human health, and the ways we can diminish those impacts.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.