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Climate Change and Resilience in Food Systems

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Digital Skills: Mobile

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Understanding Food Supply Chains in a Time of Crisis

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Preventing and Managing Infections in Childcare and Pre school

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Preventing and Managing Infections in Childcare and Pre-school

This Preventing and Managing Infections in Childcare and Pre-school training is a two weeks online course. This course was designed through the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and UK Health Security Agency and delivered via the FutureLearn platform. Angela Baker is the professor for this online course.

Microbes can be found all over everything, particularly in childcare scenarios where children play in close quarters. They come in different shapes and sizes, and not all of them are dangerous. This course will teach you about germs and also how they spread, as well as simple ways to prevent infections from spreading. You'll get practical advice on how to keep early childhood settings safe.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
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Interpreting Genomic Variation: Inherited Cancer Susceptibility

This Interpreting Genomic Variation: Inherited Cancer Susceptibility training is a two weeks online course. Katie Snape and Beth Coad are the professors for this online course. St George's, the University of London, and CanGene CanVar designed this course syllabus and delivered it through the FutureLearn Platform. 

In this course, users will learn about how variant interpretation in cancer susceptibility genes differs from variant interpretation in rare pediatric diseases. You'll look at the variant interpretation guidelines developed by the UK Cancer Variant Interpretation Group (CanVIG-UK) and how they might be used in the classification of germline variants in cancer susceptibility genes using the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) framework.

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2 Weeks
Intermediate
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Lyme Disease: Prevention and Management

This Lyme Disease: Prevention and Management training is a two weeks online course. The professor for this online course is Charlotte Mason-Apps and Katja Doerholt. This course syllabus was designed and offered through the St George's, University of London and delivered through the FutureLearn platform.

This course's main goal is to train and inform healthcare workers about Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread by the bite of an infected tick. A precise and timely diagnosis can help to guide treatment and avoid complications. Furthermore, clinicians can counsel patients on prevention and assuage their fears. Users will finish this course with a broad overview of Lyme disease epidemiology and diagnosis, as well as the treatments available to those who contract the disease, guided throughout by health experts in primary care and infectious diseases from St. George's, University of London.

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2 Weeks
Expert
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Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals

This Organ Donation: The Essentials for Healthcare Professionals training is a two weeks online course. This course was designed and offered through the St George University of London and NHS Blood and Transplant and delivered through the FutureLearn Platform. Hannah Cock, Dr. Shibu Chacko MBE, and Gordon Turpie are the professors for this online course.

This CPD-approved course will teach you about various aspects of organ donation. Recognizing the benefits of organ donation, there's really extremely limited training for the healthcare workforce on the complex issues surrounding organ and tissue donation. The course, created in conjunction with the NHS Blood and Transplant service, will teach you about the fundamental principles and processes of organ donation, from the legal aspects to the different types of donation and the importance of communication with families.

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2 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
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COVID-19 in Africa: Managing the Outbreak in Primary Care Settings

The COVID-19 in Africa: Managing the Outbreak in Primary Care Settings training is a two weeks online course. The COVID-19 in Africa: Managing the Outbreak in Primary Care Settings syllabus was developed and offered through St George's, University of London, and Ilara Health and delivered through the FutureLearn platform. The professors for this online course are Maximilian Mancini, Mohammad S Razai, Angela de Poli, Nicolás Alonso, Caleb Mike Mulongo, and Matiko Riro.

There has been a decrease in primary care attendance in African peri-urban settings since the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with patient concerns about visiting a virus hotspot, primary care providers are known to be inadequate to care for people with COVID-19-like symptoms. Participants of the COVID-19 in Africa: Managing the Outbreak in Primary Care Settings certification course will learn about safe patient management, including PPE, infection control and prevention, and the pandemic's overall health impact. They will also learn how to build trust in low and middle-income countries that primary care settings can meet international COVID-19 safety standards.

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2 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
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GRASP Best Practice Advice and Exercise Programme for Shoulder Pain

The GRASP Best Practice Advice and Exercise Programme for Shoulder Pain training is a two-week online course. This online course is delivered through the Futurelearn platform which was designed by The University of Exeter. The faculty for this online course are Sarah (Sallie) Lamb, Cynthia Srikesavan, and David Keene.

Shoulder pain caused by the rotator cuff is a common disease that impairs function. Physical activity and advice are critical in continuing to improve and having to manage pain and the capacity to carry out everyday tasks. The GRASP trial, conducted by the University of Oxford's Centre for Rehabilitation Research, found that a single GRASP best practice and recommendations session with a physiotherapist is likely to be cost-effective and does not differ significantly in terms of diagnostic outcomes when compared to physiotherapy involvement of a maximum of six face-to-face sessions.

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2 Weeks
Intermediate
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COVID-19 Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis

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COVID-19: Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis

The COVID-19: Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis training is a two-week online course. The course syllabus was designed by the Johns Hopkins University, Jhpiego, and The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and delivered through the FutureLearn platform. Patricia Davidson is the instructor for this online course.

Healthcare systems are experiencing unprecedented disruptions in the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic, straining underneath the volume of patients and starting to struggle with a lack of critical resources. Although these issues are new to high-income countries, they have long existed in conflict areas as well as other humanitarian settings.

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2 Weeks
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ECG Assessment: an Introduction for Healthcare Providers

This ECG Assessment: An Introduction for Healthcare Providers training is a two-week online course that takes two hours per week. The professor for this online course is Jo Gregory. The course syllabus was developed and offered by St George's, the University of London and Kingston, and St George's Faculty of Health, Social Care, and Education via the FutureLearn platform.

The electrocardiograph or electrocardiogram or ECG/EKG is a non-invasive diagnostic procedure that is commonly used in a variety of healthcare settings to assess people with known or suspected heart disease. Competent recording, reading, and interpretation are critical for providing safe and effective care; however, ECGs are frequently performed by unqualified or junior staff who have received little training. This online course will teach you why an EKG test is so useful, as well as some clinical applications. You will also learn step-by-step instructions for performing the test, including ECG lead placement and how to deal with common challenges in getting an excellent ECG reading.

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2 Weeks
Beginner
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Introduction to Breastfeeding for Medical Students

This Introduction to Breastfeeding For Medical Students training is a one-week online course. This course syllabus was designed and offered through the University of Glasgow and Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative through the FutureLearn platform. Charlotte Wright and Francesca Entwistle are the professors for this online course.

Learn the healthcare training and knowledge you need to know about breastfeeding. This course, developed in collaboration with Unicef UK and the University of Glasgow, introduces medical students to breastfeeding, including what is in human milk, why breastfeeding is important, and how to best support families and gain the knowledge to encourage breastfeeding.

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1 Weeks
Beginner
Free
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A Guide for Nurses on Meeting the Fundamental Care Needs of Patients in Hospital with COVID-19 and other Conditions

A Guide for Nurses on Meeting the Fundamental Care Needs of Patients in Hospital with COVID-19 and other Conditions training is a one-week online course. The instructors for this online course are David Richards and Susannah Tooze. This course syllabus has been designed and offered by the University of Exeter and delivered through the FutureLearn platform.

This online course will teach nurses and carers about the COVID-NURSE clinical guidance for patients who are admitted to a hospital during a pandemic. You will also learn how to apply the COVID-19 pandemic's specific lessons to other registered nurse care situations. The mixture of COVID-19 symptoms and the significant risk of virus transmission presents unique challenges for meeting patients' and their significant others' basic physical and emotional needs. The COVID-NURSE clinical guideline was developed based on feedback including over 1000 nurses about the hurdles they encountered and the practice-based innovations they implemented while caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic.

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1 Weeks
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