Taipei Medical University is offering free online course on Medical Humanity: Engaging Patients and Communities in Healthcare. This course is designed for undergraduates and postgraduates, with some medical, healthcare or social work experience.
In this three-week course, applicants will find out how and why you should engage patients and communities in the development of new healthcare technology and treatments. This course will start on August 7, 2017.
Course At Glance
Length: 3 weeks
Effort: 2 hours/week
Subject: Medical Humanity: Engaging Patients and Communities in Healthcare
Institution: Taipei Medical University and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on August 7, 2017
Providers’ Details
Taipei Medical University (TMU), 600 meters away from the world’s tallest green building – Taipei 101 building, has been a leader in Taiwan’s healthcare system for more than half a century due to its research, teaching excellence, internationalization and outstanding medical service.
About This Course
The development of healthcare treatments has given people hope to fight diseases. However, humans are born to be afraid of advanced technologies.
As such, it is critical that medical professionals have the skills to explain the benefits of treatments to patients and, ideally, involve them in the development of new treatments in the first place.
Why Take This Course?
This is a free online course. This MOOC will be offered with Video Transcripts in English. Applicants can get a verified certificate.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain what ‘living labs’ is about
- Investigate the development of medical humanities in one’s context
- Design a course using methods learnt during this course
Requirements
This course is designed for undergraduates and postgraduates, with some medical, healthcare or social work experience.
Instructors
Duujian Tsai
How To Join This Course
- Go to the course website link
- Sign Up At FutureLearn
- Select a course and Join
- Once a course has started, applicant will be able to access the course material
- After the start date, students will be able to access the course by following the Go To Course link on My Courses page.
- Applicants can buy, to show that they have completed a FutureLearn course.
- On some FutureLearn courses, learners will be able to pay to take an exam to qualify for a Statement of Attainment. (These are university-branded, printed certificates that provide proof of learning on the course topic(s)).