Harvard Medical School

Explore how we can sculpt our future in coaching conversations that evoke the humanity and innovation needed to fully transform the pandemic’s forces into sustainable good.

Taught by Harvard Medical School faculty, Health Care Economics, a Harvard Online course, provides insights into the economic forces are shaping US health care.

A lot can go wrong with your feet, from sprains, fractures, and fungal infections to bunions, plantar fasciitis, and peripheral neuropathy, among other issues. Learn how to treat the full range of foot conditions—and how to prevent them.

Learn about developments in the creation of vaccines. 

Learn how cancer treatment is evolving due to advances in genetics.

Dive into the structure of the U.S. health care delivery system and uncover the diverse types of care facilities, their primary functions, respective patient goals, and clinical providers through a framework of inpatient, outpatient, and home-based care.

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.

Gastroenterology 2026 provides a comprehensive update for clinicians who care for patients with GI disorders.

This comprehensive review, delivered by the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, ensures clinicians are current with best practices and the latest guidelines across Internal Medicine.

The encouragement and practical advice offered by Harvard Medical School experts in this course will help you understand the many faces of depression.

Gain an overview of the defining features of the U.S. health care system including structure, financing, and stakeholders.

The goal of the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions is to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other healthcare professionals as educators.

This Harvard Medical School six-month, application-based certificate program aims to provide high-impact, evidence-based education for medical faculty and health care professionals.

Examine how health policy is determined and implemented in the U.S. by understanding its effects at the national and state levels, explore how governments carry out these policies, and how stakeholders across the health care system engage with them.

The Building a Life of Wellness: The Science of Fostering Happiness and Health Span program blends the latest research on well-being with evidence-based techniques to cultivate and sustain long-term relationships, which supports health and wellness.

Getting restorative sleep on a regular basis provides countless benefits—physical, mental, and emotional. Discover in this course not only the secrets to good sleep hygiene, but how to avoid sleep disorders and sleep deprivation.

Anyone dealing with urinary and/or fecal incontinence will learn in this course about causes and symptoms as well as diagnosis options and best treatments. Discover, too, a host of effective preventive measures that can enhance your quality of life.

See how the immune system is being used to improve cancer treatment.

This is a Harvard Medical School online executive education program designed to provide business leaders with the knowledge, tools and strategies to design and implement technology-enabled change initiatives in health care.

Learn how to attain the amazingly wide host of health benefits for both body and mind through the ancient practice of Tai Chi. This easy-to-follow course features 20 Tai Chi video demonstrations.

Get relief from the pain and discomfort of dozens of digestive problems. Experts from Harvard Medical School explain in this online course how to ease or prevent GERD, acid reflux, dyspepsia, ulcers, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating, and more

Explore the opportunities and difficulties facing widespread adoption of digital technologies and AI in health care.

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

Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) teaches self-care practices that help participants buffer daily stress, regain a sense of emotional control and enhance quality of life.

Learn about the opioid epidemic in the United States, including information about treatment and recovery from opioid addiction.

Explore how genomic patterns help us understand infectious disease transmission.

Learn foundational concepts in physiology and see how the material is used in taking care of patients.

This course deepens understanding of the psychological, physiological, developmental, social, and neurological factors that foster compassion. 

Explore the intricate dynamics that shape the U.S. health care payer landscape, including the roles of private insurers, government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, ACA-sponsored state exchanges, and self-pay options.

Discover how pathogen genomics informs public health decisions and practice.