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Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting 

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Overview

Upskilling is a better roadmap to success. Enroll in this course to learn critical principles of Clinical Research through real-life case studies & examples

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

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Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting
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Highlights

  • Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Earn a certificate of learning on course completion
  • This course is offered by Cancer Research UK
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Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting
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Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • To be aware of the scale of the emerging outbreak and know how to track trends using reliable sources of information
  • To recognise the key scientific underpinnings of evidence-based outbreak control methods
  • To recognise the importance of community involvement, multidisciplinary working and global cooperation in outbreak response
  • About how infectious disease modelling informs strategic and operational response at the local, national, and international level.
More about this course
  • Talking about cancer can be difficult. You might be worried that you??ll say the wrong thing or that you simply don??t know enough about the subject
  • This course draws on the knowledge of Cancer Research UK experts. Over 3 weeks you??ll find out how to encourage people to make positive changes for their health, access local services or visit their doctor promptly if they notice changes to their body. The skills you gain may also be useful in talking to people already affected by cancer
  • Learning is through quizzes, articles, discussions and videos demonstrating conversational dos and don??ts.

Talking About Cancer: Reducing Risk, Early Detection and Mythbusting
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introduction to Science Matters: Let's talk COVID-19

COVID-19 Situation Reports: Updates on the Ongoing State of the Epidemic

How to Forecast an Epidemic: Epidemiology and Infectious Disease Modelling

Health Systems and Economic Impacts

Community Engagement and Response

Development of a Vaccine in Real-Time Epidemics

The Clinical Presentations of COVID-19

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