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MOOC

Human Anatomy

The first MOOC to teach Human Anatomy from multiple healthcare professional perspectives through a case-based study of stroke.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy and RS2040 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences, Nursing, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Cerebrovascular disease
Resource Type:: MOOC

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

Open (Access) Journal-Article

Using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation to Reduce Patient Discharge Time in King Hussein Cancer Center

Short discharge time from hospitals increases both bed availability and patients and families satisfaction. In this study, the Six Sigma process improvement methodology was applied to reduce patients discharge time in a cancer treatment hospital. Data on the duration of all activities, from the physician signing the discharge form to the patient leaving the treatment room, were collected through patient shadowing. These data were analyzed using detailed process maps and cause-and-effect diagrams. Fragmented and unstandardized processes and procedures and a lack of communication among the stakeholders were among the leading causes of long discharge times. Categorizing patients by their needs enabled better design of the discharge processes. Discrete event simulation was utilized as a decision support tool to test the effect of the improvements under different scenarios. Simplified and standardized processes, improved communications, and system-wide management are among the proposed improvements, which reduced patient discharge time by 54 from 216 minutes. Cultivating the necessary ownership through stakeholder analysis is an essential ingredient of sustainable improvement efforts.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Management
Keywords:: Hospitals -- Administration Process control Six sigma (Quality control stard)
Resource Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article

Video

Major muscles of the upper limbs

In this video, we use the biceps brachii and the deltoid muscles as an example to illustrate the important structures of a skeletal muscle.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy Muscles Musculoskeletal system
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Major muscles of the upper limbs (affiliated readings)

It introduces the characteristics, locations and actions of major muscles of the upper limbs, particularly the Biceps brachii and the Deltoid.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Arm Human anatomy Muscles
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Organization of human body

In this video, you can see how our human body is built from the tiny atom to the human being.

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

Others

Organization of human body (affiliated readings)

A summary of a stroke patient case provided by the attending physician, which described the case situation during the hospital stay, including assessments and interventions, and follow-ups with various healthcare professionals for rehabilitation.

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

Others

Physician's Case Summary

A summary of a stroke patient case provided by the attending physician, which described the case situation during the hospital stay, including assessments and interventions, and follow-ups with various healthcare professionals for rehabilitation.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease -- Rehabilitation
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Location of the heart

The video illustrates the position and orientation of the heart in the thorax.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy Heart -- Anatomy Heart
Resource Type:: Video

Others

Location of the heart (affiliated readings)

This session presents the position and orientation of the heart in the thorax.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy Heart -- Anatomy Heart
Resource Type:: Others

Video

Neuron structure

You will learn the basic structure of neuron.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy Nervous system Neurons
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Overview of the spinal cord

An overview of the spinal cord offering an illustration of how it works in controlling body locomotion and mediate reflexes.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Human anatomy Spinal cord Spinal cord -- Anatomy
Resource Type:: Video

Video

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

Video

Welcome to ANA101x: What is this course about?

An overview of the MOOC course: Human Anatomy ANA 101x, which featured on a real-life stroke case scenario.

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

Courseware

Masculinity, Sexual Behavior and Health

This course focuses on men's health with particular attention to sexual and reproductive health and healthcare use among adolescents, extending throughout the lifespan.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Men -- Health hygiene Sexual health Masculinity
Resource Type:: Courseware

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

Courseware

Muscular system introduction

A course consisted of 12 Video & 2 Quizzes introducing how the muscular system works in the human body. Transcripts included.

Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Muscle contraction -- Regulation Muscle proteins Troponin I
Resource Type:: Courseware

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

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

Video

The Endocrine System

The video explains the major elements in the endocrine system and describes the hormones and actions of 10 glands: pineal, anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal cortex, adrenal medulla, testes and ovaries.

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

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

Courseware

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

Others

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

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

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

Others

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

Video

Osmosis

Osmosis.org is a leading medical & health education platform with an audience of over a million current & future clinicians & caregivers. Our vision: Everyone who cares for someone will learn by Osmosis! Our YouTube channel features general consumer health videos to educate the public about important medical concepts. The Osmosis.org learning platform features more in-depth videos for health professionals and students as well as tens of thousands of practice questions and flashcards, as well as advanced features like study schedules and collaborative tools.

Course related:: SN301 Nursing Therapeutics III and SN4217 Child & Adolescence Health
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Life sciences Medicine Health education Clinical medicine
Resource Type:: Video

e-book

Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice: An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics

This course was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a self-study course. Students who successfully complete this course should be able to correctly: Describe key features and applications of descriptive and analytic epidemiology. Calculate and interpret ratios, proportions, incidence rates, mortality rates, prevalence, and years of potential life lost. Calculate and interpret mean, median, mode, ranges, variance, standard deviation, and confidence interval. Prepare and apply tables, graphs, and charts such as arithmetic-scale line, scatter diagram, pie chart, and box plot. Describe the processes, uses, and evaluation of public health surveillance. Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation.

Course related:: SN3303 Public Health and Infection Control
Subjects:: Public Health and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Public health Epidemiology Biometry
Resource Type:: e-book

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

Others

Kenhub

Kenhub provides extensive resources to guide you through the human anatomy with videos, quizzes, articles and an atlas.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Histology Diagnostic imaging Human physiology -- Computer simulation
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Physiology Quizlet

The website covers the topics of human anatomy, physiology guide, cell biology, and axial skeleton.

Course related:: ABCT2326 Human Physiology
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human physiology Physiology Human anatomy
Resource Type:: Others

Others

Medline Plus: Anatomy

MedlinePlus is an online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our mission is to present high-quality, relevant health and wellness information that is trusted and easy to understand, in both English and Spanish. We make reliable health information available anytime, anywhere, for free. There is no advertising on this website, and MedlinePlus does not endorse any companies or products. MedlinePlus Features including: Health Topics, Medical Tests, Medical Encyclopedia, Drugs & Supplements, and Healthy Recipes.

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human anatomy Human body
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

Others

World Health Organization: Health Topics

In this page, it covers various health topics, for example, addictive behaviours, blood products, clinical trials, disability, and Ebola virus disease etc.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Public health Health
Resource Type:: Others

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

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

e-book

Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness

This multidisciplinary resource develops topics of interest to all those who care about and for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental illness. Each chapter presents current evidence informed practice knowledge. Each topic is also presented with audio enabled text boxes emphasizing ‘Key Points for Caregivers.' For those who are interested in background knowledge, we provided the comprehensive literature base. And, for those interested mainly in ‘what to do,' we provided text box summaries for reading and listening.

Subjects:: Health Sciences, Social Work and Human Services, and Nursing
Keywords:: Developmental disabilities Mental illness People with mental disabilities Textbooks
Resource Type:: e-book

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

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

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

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

TRIP Medical Database

TRIP is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care. However, the FREE access only supports Simple search and PICO search functions; the 'Pro" access is on subscription base.

Subjects:: Nursing, Medicine, Rehabilitation Sciences, and Health Sciences
Keywords:: Evidence-based medicine Databases
Resource Type:: Others

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

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

PubMed

PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. The PubMed database contains more than 32 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. It does not include full text journal articles; however, links to the full text are often present when available from other sources, such as the publisher's website or PubMed Central (PMC). Available to the public online since 1996, PubMed was developed and is maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Course related:: RS3731 Neurological Physiotherapy II
Subjects:: Rehabilitation Sciences, Medical Imaging, Biology, Health Sciences, Nursing, and Medicine
Keywords:: Dentistry Clinical medicine Biology Nursing Medicine
Resource Type:: Others

Video

The Skeletal System

Now that we know more about the structure of bones, we are ready to see how they all come together to form the skeletal system. An adult has 206 bones. What are they? How are they organized? What do they do? Let's go through all of these bones right now!

Course related:: HSS2011 Human Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Human skeleton Bones
Resource Type:: Video

Video

Joints: Structure and Types of Motion

We've learned about bones and the skeletal system, but bones are so hard, so why are our bodies so bendy and flexible? The answer is joints! Joints let our bodies move in all the way they do, and they are many different types, so let's check out their structures now.

Course related:: RS2040 Functional Anatomy
Subjects:: Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
Keywords:: Joints Joints -- Range of motion Musculoskeletal system
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

Others

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

MOOC

Shared Decision Making and Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care

This course is about resonating with your experience and meaningfully engaging patients to make good decisions and to address the significance of interprofessional collaborations in health care. Service users’ experience and views across all points on health promotion, management and support services are crucial to developing optimal health care practice. Join Prof Elwynis a leader committed in Shared Decision Making (SDM) practice and research to promote high quality decision making. Taking into account the best scientific evidence available, he will explain to you how this collaborative process and the use of decision-aids help eliciting patients’ beliefs and integrating patient preferences and priorities to treatment options after thorough considerations of the trade-offs. Together, we are oriented to the interprofessional collaborative initiative that synergizes the strengths among health care allies toachieve optimal clinical practice and health outcomes. Renowned experts in various health care fields share their first hand experiences, eliciting profound insights and wisdoms about interprofessional collaborations. This is aspirational in learning to reflect, decipher, interpret and construct ways in enhancing effective coordination of care to meet health needs. Making sense of the SDM and IPC concepts and recognizing the available evidences and resources is crucial to enabling good team dynamics. Using a docu-drama, it takes you through a patient’s journey having a stroke due to his hidden assumptions in receiving treatment to atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm). His attitude and struggles point to a challenging recovery process. Contemplate on how SDM and IPC could step in at different stages to improve health outcomes. Identifying gaps in the existing scientific evidence and services will help you to pursue influential strategies and design innovative programs or products to attain better outcomes. Your understanding and participation in this course will create positive impact over time in advancing the present health system to deliver the best possible outcomes to various stakeholders. We are excited to see your passion in affecting health decisions and determination in accomplishing excellent care delivery. Get connected with a global community of learners and simply enjoy gaining new ideas about making a difference in health care.

Subjects:: Health Sciences
Keywords:: Patient participation Clinical medicine -- Decision making Medical care -- Decision making
Resource Type:: MOOC

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