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"Healthcare Anthem of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany"

A thoughtful ode to health care, composed by Tilo Alpermann and performed on the TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany stage by Lars Jönnson.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Piano music
Resource Type:: Video

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3D4Medical

3D4Medical is credited with transforming medical learning and practice around the world with its proprietary and ground-breaking 3D medical technology. This technology disrupts traditional methods of education by providing revolutionary applications that allow the educator, student, healthcare professional and patient to explore and experience medical education like never before, putting high-quality accessible 3D anatomical information at their fingertips. 3D4Medical has received many prestigious Apple awards, including a Design and Innovation Award, ‘Best of 2015’ and ‘Best of 2016’ and has featured on stage at both Apple and Microsoft Keynotes. 3D4Medical has also received the US-Ireland Research Innovation Award. 3D4Medical’s flagship platform, Complete Anatomy, is the world’s most advanced anatomy platform. In 2019, it achieved over 1.2 million registered users, and across its suite of apps 3D4Medical has had over 25 million downloads and regularly claims the title of #1 medical app on the app stores of Apple, Microsoft and Google in 160 countries. In 2019, 3D4Medical’s SaaS-based subscription business has grown with over 100K annual subscribers.

Course related:: RS2040 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology -- Computer simulation Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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5 Skin Health Myths To Stop Believing Now

Your skin is your body's largest organ ... but it might be the most misunderstood, says Dr. Jen Gunter. From sunscreen to cancer and even chocolate, she tackles five misleading myths about skin and shares what you can do to protect it. Want to hear more from Dr. Gunter? Check out her podcast Body Stuff, from the TED Audio Collective.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Skin
Resource Type:: Video

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A Mathematical Model for Predicting Parkinson's

What if we looked at Parkinson's as an neurological electrical problem? Brain researcher Eleftheria Pissadaki and her team study dopamine neurons, the neurons that selectively die during Parkinson's. They discovered that the bigger a neuron is, the more vulnerable it becomes because it simply requires more energy. This new insight is reframing the disease -- and by "finding the fuse box for each neuron" and figuring out how much energy it needs, may help us neuroprotect our brain cells.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords:: Brain -- Diseases -- Research Brain -- Mathematical models
Resource Type:: Video

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A Personal Health Coach for Those Living with Chronic Diseases

There's no shortage of resources to help people change their health behaviors -- but far too often, these resources aren't accessible in underserved communities, says physician Priscilla Pemu. Enter "culturally congruent coaching," a program Pemu and her team developed to help patients with chronic diseases monitor their health with the assistance of a coach from their community. Learn more about how this approach transcends language and cultural barriers -- and could potentially transform health care in America.

Subjects:: Management of Health Care Services and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Chronically-ill -- Services for Health coaches
Resource Type:: Video

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A Smarter, More Precise Way to Think about Public Health

Sue Desmond-Hellmann is using precision public health -- an approach that incorporates big data, consumer monitoring, gene sequencing and other innovative tools -- to solve the world's most difficult medical problems. It's already helped cut HIV transmission from mothers to babies by nearly half in sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's being used to address alarming infant mortality rates all over the world. The goal: to save lives by bringing the right interventions to the right populations at the right time.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Medicial informatics Big data Public health
Resource Type:: Video

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ABG Interpretation: Partially and Fully Compensated Conditions

In this interactive object, learners review case studies and identify complex arterial blood gases.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Blood gases Blood vessels
Resource Type:: Others

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ABG Interpretation: Uncompensated Conditions

Learners read an introduction to arterial blood gasses and then identify uncompensated ABGs.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Human Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Blood gases
Resource Type:: Others

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AO Surgery Reference

AO Surgery Reference is a resource for the management of fractures, based on current clinical principles, practices and available evidence.

Course related:: RS3410 Enabling Occupation: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Fracturess -- Treatment Fractures Bones -- Wounds injuries
Resource Type:: Others

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Abdominal organs (plastic anatomy)

We're going to take apart a plastic anatomy model and see what we can find in the abdomen. We'll identify as many organs as we can, see how they fit into the abdomen relative to one another, working our way from anterior to posterior.

Course related:: HTI17102 Imaging Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Organs (Anatomy) Abdomen
Resource Type:: Video

e-book

Abnormal Psychology - 1st Edition

Abnormal Psychology is an Open Education Resource written by Alexis Bridley, Ph.D. and Lee W. Daffin Jr., Ph.D. through Washington State University. The book tackles the difficult topic of mental disorders in 15 modules. This journey starts by discussing what abnormal behavior is by attempting to understand what normal behavior is. Models of abnormal psychology and clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are then discussed. With these three modules completed, the authors next explore several classes of mental disorders in 5 blocks. Block 1 covers mood, trauma and stressor related, and dissociative disorders. Block 2 covers anxiety, somatic symptom, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Block 3 covers eating and substance-related and addictive disorders. Block 4 tackles schizophrenia spectrum and personality disorders. Finally, Block 5 investigates neurocognitive disorders and then ends with a discussion of contemporary issues in psychopathology. Disorders are covered by discussing their clinical presentation and DSM Criteria, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and treatment options.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Psychology, Social Work and Human Services, and Nursing
Keywords:: Schizophrenia Psychology Pathological Psychiatry Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

Video

Acid/Base Balance (Screencast)

Students read about how acid/base balance affects a person's health. This activity includes animation.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Acid-base imbalances
Resource Type:: Video

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Acid/Base Imbalance

Students read and test themselves on the conditions that cause specific acid/base imbalances.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Acid-base imbalances
Resource Type:: Others

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Alterations in Fluid Balance

In this interactive object, learners identify the symptoms of fluid volume excess and fluid volume deficit.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Body fluid disorders
Resource Type:: Others

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American Heart Association

The six cardiologists who founded the American Heart Association in 1924 would be amazed.From humble beginnings, the AHA has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 33 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 3,400 employees. Learn more about our impact over time. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks second globally. Even when those conditions don’t result in death, they cause disability and diminish quality of life. We want to see a world free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Course related:: RS3771 Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy II
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Cerebrovascular disease Cardiology Cardiovascular system -- Diseases
Resource Type:: Others

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An Evolutionary Perspective on Human Health And Disease

How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the quirks of human biology -- including why a genetic mutation can sometimes have beneficial effects -- and emphasizes how unraveling your own evolutionary past could glean insights into your current and future health.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Public Health, and Human Biology
Keywords:: Human genetics Health
Resource Type:: Video

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An Overview of Pulmonary and Systemic Circulation

In this animated and interactive object, learners examine how blood flows through the heart and lungs. A brief quiz completes the activity.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Human Biology
Keywords:: Lungs -- Blood vessels
Resource Type:: Others

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Analyzing Medical Terms: Urinary System

Students identify the meaning of urinary system word parts to analyze and define medical terms.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Medicine -- Terminology Urinary organs
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomic Crown and Root

Students locate the enamel, cementum, cementoenamel junction, the anatomic crown, and the root of a tooth in this interactive lesson.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Teeth -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomical Terminology: Body Regions

Students identify the various regions of the human body through drag-and-drop exercises.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Human body Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomical Terminology: Relative Position

In this interactive learning activity, learners review the terms used to describe relative position of body parts in order to have a common set of words to describe their position.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Human anatomy -- Terminology
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomical Terminology: Relative Position Video

Students identify the various regions of the human body through video.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Human biology
Keywords:: Human body Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Anatomy and Physiology

An openly accessible textbook for a two-semester human anatomy and physiology course for life science and allied health majors. Instructor resources including instructors guide and Powerpoint slides are downloadable from the site. Download options in various formats: Openstax Apps, PDF, Kindle, ibooks, Chegg, and read online are available.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy
Resource Type:: e-book

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Anatomy and Physiology I

In this learning object the organizational levels of life are covered. Topics include listing the simplest to most complex levels of the human body and the organ systems. Labeling activities and quiz questions are included as self-assessments.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Human physiology
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomy of the Ear

The student identifies the anatomical parts of the ear and learns the purpose and function of these parts. A review follows the lesson.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Ear -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomy of the Hip

Learners examine and identify the parts of the hip joint.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Hip joint -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Anatomy of the Lungs

Learners examine the anatomical parts of the lungs.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Chest -- Anatomy Respiratory organs -- Anatomy Lungs -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Video

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Anatomy of the Lungs (Screencast)

Learners examine the anatomical parts of the lungs.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Chest -- Anatomy Respiratory organs -- Anatomy Lungs -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Video

MOOC

Anatomy: Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Urinary Systems

In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy Specialization, you will explore the interactive relationships of the cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary systems, and the roles they play in your body.This course is a primer for the cardiovascular, respiratory, and urinary systems in which students learn the pertinent details of the structures and functions through a combination of lectures, videos, labeling activities and quizzes. In this course, you will learn the basic structure and function of the cardiovascular system, the basic structure and function of the respiratory system, and the basic structure and function of the urinary system.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Cardiovascular system Digestive organs Respiratory organs
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Anatomy: Gastrointestinal, Reproductive and Endocrine Systems

In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you’ll learn about the various digestive, endocrine, and reproductive organs, their functions, and pathways of nerves and blood vessels serving these organs. Clinical correlations and vignettes will be used to highlight the importance of these anatomical structures and their relationships. Images and videos from cadaveric and artistic materials will be used to illustrate these concepts.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Endocrinology Human anatomy Gastrointestinal system Human reproduction
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Anatomy: Human Neuroanatomy

In this anatomy course, part of the Anatomy XSeries, you will be introduced to the central and peripheral nervous systems. You will learn about basic neuroanatomy, sensory pathways, motor pathways and the autonomic nervous system. The course includes illustrated lecture videos and quizzes to help you expand and test your knowledge of the nervous system. By the end of this course, you will have a better understanding of how the entire body influences, and is influenced, by the nervous system.

Course related:: RS3030 Clinical Neurology & Neuroscience
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Nervous system Neuroanatomy
Resource Type:: MOOC

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Antibiotic Susceptibility

In this learning activity you'll investigate the interaction of antimicrobial therapies and host defenses in eliminating an infection.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Antibiotics
Resource Type:: Others

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Antihypertensive Drugs

In this interactive object, learners sort antihypertensive medications into categories. Descriptions are provided.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Hypotensive agents
Resource Type:: Others

Courseware

Anxiety

A set of 5 videos (with transcripts) guided by lecture notes.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Panic disorders Post-traumatic stress disorder Anxiety disorders Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Resource Type:: Courseware

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Apgar Scoring Challenge

Learners consider the Apgar scores for several fictitious newborns. They are then given an Apgar score and proceed to create a situation in which a newborn would receive that rating.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Apgar score
Resource Type:: Others

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Apical Pulse

In this animated activity, learners practice listening and counting the apical pulse of adults, children, and infants.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Pulse
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Armando Hasudungan

This video playlist covering the topics Endocrinology, Neurology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Endocrinology Physiology Pharmacology Neurology
Resource Type:: Video

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Arterial Blood Gas (Screencast)

Students read an explanation of the values used for arterial blood gas analysis.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Human Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Blood gases -- Measurement
Resource Type:: Video

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Assessing Cranial Nerves

In this highly interactive and animated object, learners complete three exercises to identify the cranial nerves and their functions.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Biology, and Rehabilation Sciences
Keywords:: Nerves Cranial
Resource Type:: Others

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Atlases

For most people, an anatomy atlas is a large book with illustrations of the different regions and systems of the body. Each region is labeled with the names of the organs and other anatomic structures that compose it. A textual description often describes the structures, their interrelationship, and their function. Taken together, the collection of information that makes up an atlas paints a comprehensive view of the body and how it works. For our purposes, we generalize the definition of anatomy atlases to include any annotated collection of spatially organized medical information. This definition includes digital atlases as well as printed books. This broader view also covers specialized atlases such as those used in radiology, pathology, and microscopy.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Three-dimensional imaging in medicine Human anatomy -- Atlases
Resource Type:: Others

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Audiograms

Students read a description of audiograms. They review audiograms representing various degrees and types of hearing loss.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Hearing levels -- Testing
Resource Type:: Others

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Audiology

Learners read about audiological tests including pure tone testing, air conduction, bone conduction, Speech Reception Threshold, and Speech Discrimination Score. They listen to sounds and words recorded at different decibel levels and see a graphic representation of decibel ranges. A brief review concludes the activity.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Audiology
Resource Type:: Others

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Blood Groups

In this animated and interactive object, learners examine ABO blood antigens and Rh antigens and their compatibility.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Human Biology, and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Bood groups
Resource Type:: Others

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Blood-borne Pathogens

Learners read a scenario about a blood-borne pathogen incident in the workplace and decide the best action to take.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Wounds injuries -- Treatment Bloodborne diseases
Resource Type:: Others

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BlueLink - University of Michigan Medical School

These pages serve U-M Foundational Anatomy, a component of the Scientific Trunk of the M1 curriculum. Foundational Anatomy provides medical students with the necessary background in anatomy for success in clerkships.

Course related:: RS2040 Functional Anatomy and RS5308 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Rehabilitation Sciences, Health Sciences, and Nursing
Keywords:: Human body Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Body Sections and Divisions of the Abdominal Pelvic Cavity

In this animated activity, learners examine how organs are visualized in three dimensions. The terms “longitudinal,” “cross,” “transverse,” “horizontal,” and “sagittal” are defined. Students test their knowledge of the location of abdominal pelvic cavity organs in two drag-and-drop exercises.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Human Biology
Keywords:: Human body Pelvis Human physiology Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology

This catalog contains educational content originally curated by Boundless. In collaboration with the Boundless team, Lumen Learning imported these OER courses to the Lumen Platform, to ensure they remain freely available to the education community after Boundless ceased operations. Lumen maintains the Boundless content in the same condition it was provided to us. Please note, courses may contain issues with formatting, accessibility, and the degree to which content remains current, accurate, and complete.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy and ABCT2326 Human Physiology
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Human body
Resource Type:: Courseware

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Brainscape - Renal System

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Kidneys -- Physiology Kidneys -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Building Medical Terms for the Digestive System

In this interactive object, learners read the definitions of prefixes and suffixes that relate to the digestive system. They then use this knowledge to combine word components to form medical terms.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Digestive organs
Resource Type:: Others

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CSI Coding Scene Investigation

Learners test their knowledge in this drag-and-drop exercise by identifying coding errors in health care claim cases.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Medicine
Keywords:: Medical codes Health insurance claims
Resource Type:: Others

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Calibrating a Thermometer

In this animated activity, students read directions on how to calibrate a thermometer.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Thermometers -- Calibration
Resource Type:: Others

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Cancer

Cancer refers to any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer often has the ability to spread throughout your body.
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world. But survival rates are improving for many types of cancer, thanks to improvements in cancer screening, treatment and prevention.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Cancer Cancer -- Prevention
Resource Type:: Others

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Capillary Dynamics (Screencast)

In this screencast, learners examine the movement of fluid within the vascular system.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Capillaries Cardiovascular system
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Carbohydrate Digestion (Screencast)

In this screencast, learners examine the steps of carbohydrate digestion.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Digestion Carbohydrates -- Metabolism
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Cardiac Marker Case Studies

The learner will learn how to understand, interpret, and correlate cardiac marker test results.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
Resource Type:: Others

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Cardiac Markers

Learners will examine how cardiac markers are used in the diagnosis of cardiac disease.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Heart -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Cardiovascular System 1, Heart, Structure and Function

This video covers the topic of cardiovascular system.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Cardiovascular system Heart
Resource Type:: Video

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Causes and Medical Treatment of Hip Fractures

Learners examine the factors that contribute to hip fractures including osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and osteomalacia.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Science
Keywords:: Hip joint -- Fractures
Resource Type:: Others

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Causes and Risk Factors of Cerebral Vascular Accidents

In this interactive object, the learner examines the causes, symptoms, and risk factors associated with a stroke. The terms "thrombus," "emboli," and "hemorrhage" are defined. A self-assessment of risk factors completes the activity.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Science
Keywords:: Cerebrovascular disease
Resource Type:: Others

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Chain of Infection

In this interactive object, learners identify nursing actions that help to prevent the spread of infection.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Infection Communicable diseases -- Prevention
Resource Type:: Others

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Choosing Immunizations

In this highly interactive object, learners read client case studies and then select the vaccines that are appropriate to administer.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Public Health
Keywords:: Vaccination Vaccines
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Chubbyemu

This channel was created in September 2015 as a way for me to create something I could call my own. The earlier videos served to teach me how to make a video, as I have no background in filming, editing, etc. That early content was following trends of the time, learning how best to approach my lack of understanding of video.

Subjects:: Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Clinical medicine Medicine
Resource Type:: Video

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Classification of Joints

In this animated object, learners examine the different types of joints and their movements.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Human Biology
Keywords:: Joints
Resource Type:: Others

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Clinical Crown and Root

Students identify the enamel, cementum, cementoenamel junction, clinical crown, clinical root, and epithelial attachment of a tooth.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Teeth -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

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Clinical Neurology: Guest Lecture by Dr. Richard Li

Clinical Neurologist, Dr Richard Li, explains the importance of human anatomy knowledge when handling acute stroke cases in the hospital setting.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment
Resource Type:: Video

e-book

Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care

The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning objectives, a brief overview of the relevant theory, checklists of steps for procedures with the rationale behind each step of the process, and a summary of key takeaways. Key terms are set in bold throughout the book and laid out again in a Glossary in the appendix. All 88 checklists are also summarized, and hyperlinked to the original checklist, in the appendix.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Medical care Clinical competence Patients -- Safety measures Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

e-book

Clinical procedures for safer patient care

"This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting. The checklist approach, used in this textbook, aims to provide standardized processes for clinical skills and to help nursing schools and clinical practice partners keep procedural practice current. Each skill/procedure is covered in a chapter that has learning outcomes, a brief overview of the relevant theory, checklists of steps for procedures with the rationale behind each step of the process, and a summary of key takeaways. All checklists, tables and videos are listed and hyperlinked in the appendices."--BCcampus website.

Subjects:: Nursing and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Patients -- Safety measures Patients -- Care
Resource Type:: e-book

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Common Musculoskeletal Fractures

In this animated and interactive object, learners identify musculoskeletal fractures.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Fractures Bones -- Wounds injuries
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Community Health Heroes

Raj Panjabi has a bold idea: to recruit and train an army of community health workers to bring medical care to the billion people around the world who lack access to it. See how technology is transforming things for health workers like Serena and Prince -- and how TED's just-launched initiative, the Audacious Project, is amplifying their impact. Learn more at AudaciousProject.org.

Subjects:: Management of Health Care Services and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Community health services Public health personnel Smartphones
Resource Type:: Video

e-book

Concepts of Fitness and Wellness

This open textbook for Concepts of Fitness and Wellness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Food Science
Keywords:: Exercise Textbooks Health Physical fitness
Resource Type:: e-book

Video

Construction of the Cell Membrane (Video)

In this video you'll study the structure of the cell membrane and construct it using the correct molecules.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biology
Keywords:: Cell membranes
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Controlled Drug Release Technology

The traditional way of taking a drug, such as a pill or injection, often results in plasma drug levels that cycle between too high and too low. To better maintain drug levels in the effective range, scientists have developed a variety of systems to optimize drug release. In his first talk, Bob Langer gives an overview of many of these controlled drug release technologies, including polymer and pump systems. Langer begins Part 2 with the story of how he became interested in drug release technologies, which is also a story of the power of perseverance. As a post-doc with Judah Folkman, and after much trial and error, Langer developed a polymer system that provided a slow and constant release of an anti-angiogenesis factor. Initially, his results were met with skepticism, by both scientists and the patent office. Today, many, many companies have developed peptide delivery systems based on that original work. Langer also describes ongoing research in areas such as targeted drug delivery and externally controlled microchips designed for drug delivery. In Part 3, Langer focuses on the materials used in drug delivery and medical devices. Many of the original materials used in medicine were adapted from completely unrelated uses and often generated their own problems. Langer describes work by his lab and others to make polymers designed for specific medical uses. For instance, a porous polymer can be shaped into an ear or nose and act as a scaffold onto which a patient’s cells can be seeded to grow a new structure. Different polymers have been successfully used as scaffolds to grow new blood vessels or artificial skin for burn victims.

Subjects:: Health Technology and Informatics and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Drugs -- Controlled release Controlled release technology
Resource Type:: Video

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Cranial Nerves

In this highly interactive and animated object, learners complete three exercises to identify the cranial nerves and their functions.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Rebabilitation Science, and Biology
Keywords:: Nerves Cranial
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology

In 47 episodes, Hank Green will teach you anatomy and physiology! This course is based on an introductory college level curriculum, with Human Anatomy and Physiology, 9th edition, by Marieb and Hoehn as its main reference text. By the end of the course, you will be able to: * Understand the chemistry and cell biology of systems in the human body * Recognize how tissue types define the function of each organ system * Predict how the failure of an organ system might lead to disease * Explain how energy is changed into different forms throughout the body * Break down the names of anatomical systems using Greek and Latin root words We also made flashcards to help you review the content in this course! Find them on the free

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Video

e-book

Creative Clinical Teaching In The Health Professions

This peer reviewed e-book is a must-read for nurses and other health professionals who strive to teach with creativity and excellence in clinical settings. Each chapter presents current evidence informed educational practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with text boxes describing ‘Creative Strategies' that clinical teachers from across Canada have successfully implemented. For those who are interested in background knowledge, the authors provided a comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in 'what to do,' the text box summaries offer step-by-step directions for creative, challenging activities that both new and experienced instructors can begin using immediately.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Medical personnel -- Study teaching Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

Video

Crowdsource Your Health

You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local AEDs.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords:: Medical care Medical technology
Resource Type:: Video

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Dental Charting

The purpose of this learning object is to introduce the dental hygienist to the process of documenting a patient's dentition.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Teeth Dentition
Resource Type:: Others

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Dietary Manager Training: Diabetes

Students read about the different types of diabetes and the treatment methods available.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Food Science
Keywords:: Diabetes
Resource Type:: Others

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Dietary Manager Training: Digestion and Absorption of Protein

Learners follow the path of a protein food from consumption through digestion to absorption into the bloodstream.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Food Science
Keywords:: Proteins Proteolysis
Resource Type:: Others

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Differentiating Acid-Base Disturbances

Through the use of symbols and words, the learner reviews the etiologies, symptoms, and treatment of respiratory and metabolic acid-base disturbances.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Acid-base imbalances
Resource Type:: Others

Courseware

Endocrine system introduction

A set of 6 video lessons to help the understanding of the endocrine system and how hormones work for the human body. Transcripts included.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Endocrinology Endocrine gls
Resource Type:: Courseware

Presentation

Express path to interoperable solutions – Case of the Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Serbia

This video was recorded at CeGD eGovernance Academy Seminar Series (SEeHealth): The Roadmap from Concept to Practice, Ljubljana 2010. The key of mutual integration of health care institutions lies in their interoperability, gathering and common utilization of data by different applications. Seemingly, imperceptible and smooth applications' integration enables an efficient mutual linkage of all departments within a single health care institution as well as horizontal and vertical linkage of more health care institutions, all with the aim of improvement of health and quality of patient's life. Health care system quality improvement needs a continuous rationalization of resources funds, which leads towards optimization of business processes and availability of all necessary information in the shortest possible period. All necessary information and data on patients must be available independently on location or time of such a necessity. The greatest obstacles for interoperability represent heterogeneous applications. Such heterogeneity can be presented by the fact that they were written in various program languages, that they are intended for utilization at different types of computers or the fact that they use various communication networks and data transfer methods. IT managers in hospitals must decide how to contribute to cross‐organizational integration and what strategy and means to choose for achieving interoperability. If a system is poor in its interoperability, any increasing functions or little changes could stop its working properly. Interoperability must be ensured at technical, semantic and process levels but also in a legislative level, where all recommendations for legal and lawful solutions are given, which remove the most frequent obstacles – human and bureaucratic factors. The Oncology Institute of Vojvodina as a referent center for oncology and a center for medical informatics signed its own Integrated hospital and business information system. The information system at the IOV consists of the following modules: 1. hospital‐clinical IS 2. laboratory IS 3. pharmaceutical IS 4. radiological IS 5. invoicing (accounting) IS 6. business IS 7. managerial IS All of these modules are mutually optimally integrated, and their interoperability at the level of communicational protocols (HL7, DICOM, internal interface), semantics (the same code‐records, rules) and legislative level (the same accounting calculations) enables the user to see all these complex modules as one system. Thus, we created necessary preconditions for our integration into information society, which is a 21st century strategy at the state level.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Management, and Computing
Keywords:: Health services administration -- Data processing Management information systems Health services administration -- Computer networks
Resource Type:: Presentation

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Facial and Head Muscles in Action (Screencast)

In this screencast, students identify various muscles of the face and scalp and see them in action.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Human Biology
Keywords:: Head -- Muscles Face -- Muscles
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Foundations of Epidemiology

This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading this book, you should be able to read an epidemiologic study, understand what the authors did and why, and identify what they found. You will also have the tools to assess the quality of that study—how good is the evidence? What are potential sources of bias, and how might those have affected the results? This book will not teach you enough to be able to design and conduct your own epidemiologic studies—that level of understanding requires several years of specialized training. However, being able to read and understand the scientific literature about human health will allow you to apply that understanding to your own work in a nuanced, sophisticated way.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Epidemiology Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

MOOC

Frailty in Daily Living

Did you know that frailty can affect the quality of life of older people? Did you know that frailty can impose a burden on the significant others of older people? If you are a member of the general public and would like to know about the prevention of frailty and the promotion of healthy ageing, or if you are a healthcare professional who would like to provide the best care for older people and family members in order to combat frailty, this course is for you. The aim of this course is not only to provide theoretical knowledge about frailty, but also to give practical input to help our learners become familiar with frailty and how to manage it. Frailty is a common condition among older people. It is associated with ageing, which is a trend that is becoming a major concern around the globe. Frailty is not only costly in terms of medical expenses, but also imposes a mental and financial burden on the family members of older people with the condition. A person with frailty is also at an increased risk of disease, disability, and death. However, frailty is reversible. Preventing frailty is an important target in the promotion of healthy ageing.
Apart from introducing concepts related to frailty, this course also provides some practical approaches to help individuals, including the older people themselves, caregivers, and healthcare professionals, to monitor and manage frailty in daily life. Short movies and videos are used for illustration. The techniques introduced in this course for managing frailty can be incorporated into daily life, making frailty easier to manage.
This course is designed for anyone interested in the management of frailty. Taking this course will help you to manage the frailty and promote the health of older people around you.

Subjects:: Nursing and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Health behavior Aging Lifestyles -- Health aspects Older people -- Health hygiene
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Free Course of University of Derby

These free online courses are also known as MOOCs (massive open online courses). MOOCs are short courses that are usually run free of charge by major learning providers to expand your knowledge of a particular academic topic or to help you develop a specific skill. They are free to take part in and are open to everyone regardless of age, education level and location.

Course related:: RS2270 Rehabilitation Psychology, RS3410 Enabling Occupation: Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, and RS3310 A: Clinical Sciences in Psychiatric Conditions
Subjects:: Health Sciences, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Developmental disabilities Psychology Health
Resource Type:: MOOC

MOOC

Fundamentals of Psychology

An introduction to the systematic study of human cognition, emotion, and behavior with an emphasis on the scientific method. Fundamentals of behavior, learning, conditioning, development, cognitive processes, perception, emotion, personality, and psychopathology are among the content areas studied. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of the scientific method for the study of human nature. Students successfully completing the course will demonstrate a general understanding of the knowledge established in these areas, as well as the methods used by psychologists to acquire that knowledge.

Course related:: RS2020 Foundation Psychology for Rehabilitation Professionals
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Psychology
Resource Type:: MOOC

Others

Gastrointestinal System Anatomy (Screencast)

In this screencast, learners review the parts of the gastrointestinal system and then check their knowledge in a matching exercise.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Gastrointestinal system Digestive organs -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Gastrointestinal System Drug Treatment Review

Learners match gastrointestinal system drug actions to the appropriate drug category.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Treatment
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Geeky Medics

A collection of interactive medical and surgical clinical case scenarios to put your diagnostic and management skills to the test. Each clinical case scenario allows you to work through history taking, investigations, diagnosis and management.

Course related:: HTI48101 Computed Tomography
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Medical Imaging
Keywords:: Medical personnel -- Study teaching Medical education
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Glands of the Endocrine System

Learners identify nine glands in a matching exercise.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Endocrine gls
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Glucose Metabolism for the Endocrine System (Screencast)

In this screencast, learners read about the seven hormones that help regulate blood glucose.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Biochemistry
Keywords:: Glucose -- Metabolism Endocrinology
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Health Case Studies

Health Case Studies is composed of eight separate health case studies. Each case study includes the patient narrative or story that models the best practice (at the time of publishing) in healthcare settings. Associated with each case is a set of specific learning objectives to support learning and facilitate educational strategies and evaluation. The case studies can be used online in a learning management system, in a classroom discussion, in a printed course pack or as part of a textbook created by the instructor. This flexibility is intentional and allows the educator to choose how best to convey the concepts presented in each case to the learner. Because these case studies were primarily developed for an electronic healthcare system, they are based predominantly in an acute healthcare setting. Educators can augment each case study to include primary healthcare settings, outpatient clinics, assisted living environments, and other contexts as relevant.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Medical care Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

Others

Health Topics A-Z

The CDC A-Z Index is a navigational and informational tool that makes the CDC.gov Website easier to use. It helps you quickly find and retrieve specific information. The A-Z index is structured so that synonyms, acronyms, and cross-referencing provide multiple ways for you to access the topics and features on CDC.gov. The index includes common and scientific terms to meet the needs of consumers as well as health professionals.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Public health Medicine Preventive Centers for Disease Control Prevention (U.S.)
Resource Type:: Others

e-book

Health case studies : toward closing the healthcare communication gap

"Health Case Studies is composed of eight separate health case studies that align with the open textbooks Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care and Anatomy and Physiology: OpenStax. Each case study includes the patient narrative or story that models the best practice (at the time of publishing) in healthcare settings. Associated with each case is a set of specific learning objectives to support learning and facilitate educational strategies and evaluation. The case studies can be used online in a learning management system, in a classroom discussion, in a printed course pack or as part of a textbook created by the instructor. This flexibility is intentional and allows the educator to choose how best to convey the concepts presented in each case to the learner. Because these case studies were primarily developed for an electronic healthcare system, they are based predominantly in an acute healthcare setting. Educators can augment each case study to include primary healthcare settings, outpatient clinics, assisted living environments, and other contexts as relevant"--BC Campus website.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Medical care Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

Video

Healthcare's Compassion Crisis

Stephen Trzeciak was at the top of his game as a research scientist until an unexpected question from his 12-year-old son transformed his life's work. "What is the most pressing problem of our time? Do we really know? And what would happen if we actually did?" In this talk, Trzeciak discusses the erosion of compassion in healthcare, and proposes a new methodology: "compassionomics."

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Nursing
Keywords:: Medical care Patient medical personnel Compassion
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Healthier Men, One Moustache at A Time

Adam Garone has an impressive moustache, and it's for a good cause. A co-founder of Movember, Garone's initiative to raise awareness for men's health -- by having men grow out their moustaches every November -- began as a dare in a bar in 2003. Now, it's a worldwide movement that raised $126 million for prostate cancer research last year.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Health promotion Fund raising Prostate -- Cancer
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Heart Anatomy Review

The user completes a fill-in-the-blank exercise to review the anatomy of the heart.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Heart -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Hematologic Cells and their Functions: Blood Cell Identification

This screencast will help the student identify normal blood cells and their functions. This will include the identification of red blood cells, five types of white blood cells, and platelets.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Medical Laboratory Science
Keywords:: Blood -- Analysis Blood cells -- Physiology
Resource Type:: Video

Video

His and hers ... health care

Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to the cellular level. Yet too often, research and medicine ignore this insight -- and the often startlingly different ways in which the two sexes respond to disease or treatment. As pioneering doctor Paula Johnson describes in this thought-provoking talk, lumping everyone in together means we essentially leave women's health to chance. It's time to rethink.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Men -- Health hygiene Women -- Health hygiene Health -- Sex differences
Resource Type:: Video

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