This course will provide you with the key knowledge and tools to understand the fundamentals and practical implications of precision medicine, its opportunities and challenges. It will address precision-medicine era diagnostics, treatment selection, genetic counseling, public health interventions, and biomedical research. It will also deal with data science and ethical issues.
Precision Medicine
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4.5
(407 reviews)
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
Flexible schedule
3 weeks at 10 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Healthcare Ethics
- Precision Medicine
- Diagnostic Tests
- Informed Consent
- Biomedical Technology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Health Informatics
- Molecular Biology
- Biostatistics
- Clinical Research
- Clinical Research Ethics
- General Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Health Policy
- Drug Development
- Primary Care
- Bioinformatics
- Patient Education And Counseling
- Data Ethics
- Oncology
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Assessments
59 assignments
Taught in English
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There are 6 modules in this course
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MZ
5
Reviewed on Feb 21, 2022
To be honest, this course was one of the most effective online education that I have ever watched. I hope the advanced course of Percision Medicine will be presented in the futre. Thank you...
S
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Reviewed on Jul 20, 2023
very nice course give such an informative knowledge by giving various practical examples which are very useful in learning this course
AH
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Reviewed on May 2, 2023
It's a very comprehensive course.
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