This course focuses on Third World development using case studies and team collaboration. Students draw lessons from success stories and identify challenges, unintended consequences and failures in implementing technologies, projects and policies. Students acquire skills in the building of partnerships and learn how to pilot, implement, and scale-up a selected innovation for the common good. Teams develop an idea, project or business plan that is ready to roll by semester's end.

D-Lab Health provides a multidisciplinary approach to global health technology design via guest lectures and a major project based on fieldwork. We will explore the current state of global health challenges and learn how to design medical technologies that address those problems. Students may travel to Nicaragua during spring break to work with health professionals, using medical technology design kits to gain field experience for their device challenge. As a final class deliverable, you will create a product design solution to address challenges observed in the field. The resulting designs are prototyped in the summer for continued evaluation and testing.

Le manuel est un résumé des principales activités du cours de conférences sur la chimie physique et colloïdale (en 2 parties) et constitue la base théorique des méthodes de contrôle de la qualité des médicaments et vise à acquérir les connaissances et les compétences nécessaires pour travailler dans ce domaine. Destiné aux étudiants francophones étrangers.

In this course you will learn about the different experiences patients go through in a medical context. The patient journey explores the interaction between the patient and the healthcare providers in all stages of the disease; coping with treatment and dealing with expectations, and interaction with and between different stakeholders.

This course will give designers and specialists in healthcare the knowledge, insights and tools to be able to analyze and improve patient experience. You will learn how to map complex healthcare scenarios, pinpoint opportunities and create hands-on solutions aimed at improving the patient experience.

This course is an introduction to patient journey mapping; developed at the Delft University of Technology and applied in improvement of care pathway. Step-by-step, the course visualizes the different stakeholders, phases and actions involved in patient treatment. You will be challenged to pursue new insights and given unique opportunities to learn, observe and question patients and medical professionals, with the opportunity to attend a live broadcasted, interactive surgery.

Innovation in global health practice requires leaders who are trained to think and act like entrepreneurs. Whether at a hospital bedside or in a remote village, global healthcare leaders must understand both the business of running a social venture as well as how to plan for and provide access to life saving medicines and essential health services. Each week, the course features a lecture and skills-based tutorial session led by industry, non-profit foundation, technology, and academic leaders to think outside the box in tackling and solving problems in innovation for global health practice through the rationale design of technology and service solutions. The lectures provide the foundation for faculty-mentored pilot project from MOH, students, or non-profit sponsors that may involve creation of a market or business plan, product development, or a research study design.

" This design course targets the solution of clinical problems by use of implants and other medical devices. Topics include the systematic use of cell-matrix control volumes; the role of stress analysis in the design process; anatomic fit, shape and size of implants; selection of biomaterials; instrumentation for surgical implantation procedures; preclinical testing for safety and efficacy, including risk/benefit ratio assessment evaluation of clinical performance and design of clinical trials. Student project materials are drawn from orthopedic devices, soft tissue implants, artificial organs, and dental implants."

This website serves as a free, open-source digital textbook for yoga students.
All materials were developed by Teaching Associate Professor Autumn Mist Belk at North Carolina State University (except where otherwise noted).

Covers: Yoga Fundamentals, The Eight Limbs, Bandhas, Props, Yama & Niyama, Postures (Asana), Breathing Techniques, Meditation, and Styles of Yoga.

Immune cells protect our bodies from both self-derived threats and exogenous pathogens, while keeping peace with normal cells and non-harmful commensal microbiota. They have various mechanisms to perform these tasks, a capacity that is essential for maintaining homeostasis. However, these same mechanisms can backfire, resulting in severe disorders such as immunodeficiency, chronic inflammation, allergy, degenerative diseases, and cancer. This course discusses the connections between normal physiology and disease by examining the developmental relationship between innate and adaptive immune cells as well as the functions and malfunctions of immune cells. The course familiarizes students with both basic biological principles (such as cell death and immune cell signaling) and clinical applications (such as immune checkpoint blockade). More generally, students learn to identify relevant primary research literature, critically evaluate experimental data, and reach their own conclusions based on primary data.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: What are Drugs?
Chapter Objectives
1.1 Types of Drugs
1.2 Brief Introductions into the Most Commonly Misused and Abused Drugs
1.3 Drug Schedules Set by Current Law and Regulations
1.4 The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970

Chapter 2: How the Body Works
Chapter Objectives
2.1 Drug Delivery Methods
2.2 Understanding Parts of the Brain - Videos and Pictures
2.3 Drugs and the Brain
2.4 Impacts of Drugs on Neurotransmission - Overview Table from NIDA
2.5 The Placebo Effect
2.6 Key Terms Study Guide

Chapter 3: Types of Drugs
Chapter 3 Objectives
3.1 Introduction to Drug Classes
3.2 Narcotics
3.3 Narcotics Continued
3.4 Stimulants
3.5 Nicotine
3.6 Depressants
3.7 Alcohol
3.8 Hallucinogens
3.9 Marijuana/Cannabis
3.10 Steroids
3.11 Inhalants
3.12 Drugs of Concern
3.13 Designer Drugs
Altering Consciousness With Psychoactive Drugs

Chapter 4: Prescriptions, Over The Counter (OTC), Supplements (medications and supplements)
Chapter Objectives
4.1 Prescriptions drugs: Medications for Psychological Disorders
4.2 Prescription drugs: the Drug Approval Process
4.3 Over-the-Counter Drugs
4.4 Supplements and Foods for Health and Well-Being
4.5 Drug Interactions: With other Drugs and Food

Chapter 5: Law, Regulation, and Social Policy
Chapter Objectives
5.1 Drug Policy and the War on Illegal Drugs
5.2 Opioid Crisis
5.3 Milestones of Drug Regulation in the United States
5.4 Federal Drug Penalties
5.5 Drug Policies: Penn State and Pennsylvania
5.6 Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records
5.7 Drug Screening and Decriminalization

Chapter 6: Use, Abuse, Addiction & Treatment
Chapter 6 Objectives
6.1 Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
6.2 Why Do Adults Misuse Prescription Drugs?
6.3 Treatment and Recovery
6.4 Addiction Treatments and Therapies

Chapter 7: Prevention and Treatment of Addiction
Chapter 7 Objectives
7.1 Drug Use In History
7.2 Addressing the Drug Problem and Reducing Drug Use
7.3 Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness by SAMHSA
7.4 The Importance of Prevention
7.5 Current Prevention Programs, New Initiatives, and Food for Thought

The Course book presents the basics of drugs quality control in accordance with regulatory documents (pharmacopoeia of Europe, USA, Japan, Russia) and new data from current scientific periodicals, monographs The features of the physical, spectral and chemical quality control of medicines according to the indicators «identification», «tests» and «assay» are described in detail. Part II presents a workbook, which includes questions for the self-control of the material studied and tasks for a laboratory workshop. The Course book contains reference material and samples of pharmacopoeial articles. The Course book is designed for students of the specialty «Pharmacy».

This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation and is available as a Creative Commons resource.

This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation and is available as a Creative Commons resource.

Table of Contents
Chapter 0 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart
Chapter 1 - EKG Basics and Terminology
Chapter 2 - Electrical Activity of the Heart and Basic Wave Forms on an EKG
Chapter 3 - EKG Machinery and Setup
Chapter 4 - Rhythm Interpretation
Chapter 5 - 12 Leads and Special Rhythms

Content Description: Expands on the paramedic student’s knowledge of trauma emergencies with the integration of assessment findings in formulating a field impression and implementing a treatment plan for an acutely injured patient. The course will provide an in depth evaluation of trauma to include:  categorization of trauma patients, incidence of trauma, trauma systems, types of injury, trauma assessment, documentation in trauma, trauma scoring scales, trauma center designations, and transfer of patients. Content Attribution: This content was originally contributed to Skills Commons by Pueblo Community College in conjunction with the Colorado Community College System. This content was funded by a Consortium for Health Care Education Online (CHEO) grant administered under U.S. Department of Labor and Education Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Initiative. Original content can be found here: https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/2362

Lesson 1 introduces students to the blow fly's life cycle and the accumulated degree hour (ADH) used by forensic entomologists for estimating the time of death. Lesson 2 introduces Dr. Krinsky's entomological work in solving a murder case in 1986. Students access several primary-source documents related to Dr. Krinsky's entomological work. Both lessons help students expand their understanding of a forensic entomologist's work and appreciate how scientists account for environmental/variable factors in forming a conclusion in a scientific study.

Table of Contents
I. Setting the Groundwork for Evidence-Based Massage
II. Theories and Treatment Strategies
III. Clinical Examination
IV. Massage Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain
V. Complementary Therapies

About the Book
Massage Therapists want to help people, and part of our approach requires having a clear message of who we are and the value we offer. Adopting an evidence-based conceptual framework offers a solution, as it can provide a cohesive message of our nature and value.

This clinical practice handbook will prove essential to massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, medical doctors, psychologists and other health professionals who care for people with musculoskeletal pain. It will be continuously updated as new research becomes available.