This first of five courses introduces students to the social determinants of health, and provides an overview of the definitions and theoretical perspectives that will form the foundation of this specialization. The topics of this course include: 1. Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Knowledge Complexity 3. Data Driven … [Read more...] about Introduction to Social Determinants of Health
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Healthcare Delivery Providers
Welcome to the exciting world of Healthcare Delivery Providers! This second course in the Healthcare Marketplace Specialization will help you understand the various providers of healthcare across the U.S. delivery continuum. We will explore the unique value proposition of the various providers- from hospitals and clinics to physicians to community based providers. We will … [Read more...] about Healthcare Delivery Providers
Deep learning in Electronic Health Records – CDSS 2
Overview of the main principles of Deep Learning along with common architectures. Formulate the problem for time-series classification and apply it to vital signals such as ECG. Applying this methods in Electronic Health Records is challenging due to the missing values and the heterogeneity in EHR, which include both continuous, ordinal and categorical … [Read more...] about Deep learning in Electronic Health Records – CDSS 2
One Health: Pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response
This course was developed by the Karolinska Institutet (KI) and the Federation of the European Academies of Medicine (FEAM) as part of the research project 'Pan-European Response to the Impacts of the COVID-19 and future Pandemics and Epidemics' (PERISCOPE). Funded by the European Commission Research Funding programme Horizon 2020 under the Grant Agreement number 101016233, … [Read more...] about One Health: Pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response
Overcoming Dyslexia
Dyslexia is everywhere, touching so many children and adults, and while science has made extraordinary progress in understanding and clarifying the condition, this incredible powerful knowledge rarely reaches those who most need to know and would greatly benefit from it. Our goal is to change all this with the Coursera you are about to view, produced by Dr. Sally Shaywitz, the … [Read more...] about Overcoming Dyslexia
