Free Online Course on Medicine and the Arts: Humanizing Healthcare
University of Cape Town (UCT) is offering free online course on Medicine and the Arts: Humanizing Healthcare. The course will introduce you to the emerging field of medical humanities and the concept of whole person care.
In this 6 week course, applicants will explore the field of medical humanities – the intersection of the arts, humanities and healthcare – with this free online course.This course will start on April 24, 2017.
Course At Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 3 hours/week
Subject: Medicine and the Arts: Humanizing Healthcare
Institution: University of Cape Town (UCT) and Future learn
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Course starts on April 24, 2017
Providers’ Details
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is the oldest university in South Africa. With its main campus located on the slopes of Devil’s Peak in the Cape Peninsula, it was third on The Telegraph’s 2014 list of the most beautiful campuses in the world.
About This Course
This free online course will explore the intersection of medicine, medical anthropology and the creative arts. Through each of its six weeks, we’ll visit a new aspect of human life and consider it from the perspectives of people working in health sciences, social sciences and the arts.
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
Contributors to the course will include a psychologist, heart surgeon, pathologist, oncologist, geneticist, sociologist, poet and visual artist. They will pose critical questions about how we deal with health, healing and being human.
Each has been filmed on location in Cape Town, including at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, the Heart of Cape Town Museum, and the Pathology Learning Centre.
Requirements
This course is open to everyone. All that’s required is an interest in medicine, the arts or social sciences.
Instructors
Associate Professor Susan Levine & Professor Steve Reid
Susan: Associate Professor of Anthropology – School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics. Steve: Family Physician with experience in clinical practice, education and research.
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)).