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University of Colorado Boulder - Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science 

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Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science
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Highlights

  • Explore how to talk productively with a health care provider by asking for conversations in everyday language.
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Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science
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More about this course
  • This three-week course offers you a fascinating and informative introduction to modern medicine.
  • Whether you would like to better communicate with healthcare professionals, you are considering a career in medicine, or you are keen to separate medical fact from fiction in the COVID-19 era, this course will equip you with the up-to-date medical knowledge you need.
  • Understanding medicine and your own health is becoming a necessity in a time when anti-science disinformation is burgeoning.
  • On this course, you will study the broad spectrum of topics you could encounter at medical school, including anatomy, physiology, body systems, cell biology, molecular biology, and genetics.
  • You will be introduced to technical medical jargon and concepts explained in everyday language. Although you would not know all of the associated medical jargon, you will understand the underlying medical concepts, and will build the confidence to ask your doctor to communicate with you in everyday language.
  • This course will empower you with the medical information you need to make good decisions about your health and the health of those around you.
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Mini Medical School: Introduction to Medical Science
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Curriculum

Anatomy and Physiology

Welcome to Mini Medical School

Cardiovascular Physiology 1

Cardiovascular Physiology 2

Energy Metabolism

Respiratory Physiology 1

Respiratory Physiology 2

Renal Physiology 1

Renal Physiology 2

End of Week 1

Body Systems

Digestive System

Musculoskeletal 1

Musculoskeletal 2

Hematopoietic 1

Hematopoietic 2

The Nervous System

The Senses

End of Week 2

Cellular & Molecular Biology & Genetics

Introduction to Cellular & Molecular Biology & Genetics

Life and the Size of Things

The Anatomy of the Cell

Proteins

DNA to RNA to Protein

Mitosis

Meiosis & Sex

Heredity

End of Week 3

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